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ECHOES 

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GENERAL  HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY 

HELD  IN  CHICAGO, 
May  3-t3,  mU 


Edited  by  S.  B.  SHAW. 


"And  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come,  they  were  all  with  on© 
accord  in  one  place."— Acts  2:1. 

"And  the  glory  which  thou  gavest  me  I  have  given  them;  that  they  may 
be  one,  even  as  we  are  one." — John,  17:22. 


CHICAGO,  M. 
S.  B.  SHAW,  PUBUSH^ 
275  Madison  Street. 


Introduction. 


The  recent  General  Holiness  Assembly  was  the  result 
of  many  prayers,  and  as  can  be  seen  by  reading  the  Of- 
ficial Call  the  chain  of  providences  that  led  to  this  great 
general  conference  of  holiness  workers  can  be  traced  back 
to  the  first  General  Holiness  Assembly  held  fifteen  years 
ago  in  Park  Ave.  M.  E.  church,  Chicago,  May  20-26, 
1885. 

For  several  years  there  has  been  a  conviction  on 
the  part  of  many  of  the  leaders  of  the  holiness  move- 
ment of  the  great  nee'd  of  deeper  union  of  heart  and 
ef¥ort.  No  one  can  doubt  that  thousands  upon  thou- 
sands of  souls  will  praise  God  to  all  eternity  as 
a  result  of  what  is  known  as  the  modern  holiness 
movement ;  but  none  can  doubt  but  that  much  more  might 
have  been  done  and  would  have  been  done  if  the  holiness 
people  had  at  all  times  been  of  one  mind  and  of  one 
heart  in  the  work  of  God  and  in  utter  abandonment 
of  self  to  His  will  and  His  glory.  Yet,  in  spite  of  the 
teaching  that  the  sanctification  of  believers  will  bring 
about  the  answer  to  our  Saviour's  prayer  that  His  dis- 
ciples might  be  one  as  He  and  the  Father  were  one, 
the  last  few  years  have  witnessed  a  sad  scattering  of 
the  holiness  people. 

Because  of  this  many  hearts  have  been  greatly  bur- 
dened and  have  been  crying  to  God  for  union  among  all 
of  God's  children,  especially  among  all  those  that  believe 
in  holiness  of  heart  as  possible  through  faith  in  the  cleans- 
ing blood  of  Christ  and  by  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost ; 
yet  divisions  seemed  to  increase.  The  holiness  work  has 
been  suffering  all  over  the  land  because  of  it.   Seeing  this, 


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the  burden  of  our  heart  became  an  unearthly  cry  that  Ged 
would  in  some  way  undertake.  We  felt  that  something 
must  be  done ;  yet  waited  for  others  who  were  older  and 
more  prominent  to  take  the  lead. 

Reference  has  already  been  made  to  the  first  General 
Holiness  Assembly  of  holiness  workers  held  in  Chicago 
in  1885.  At  that  time,  as  will  be  seen  by  reading  the 
Official  Call  for  the  recent  Assembly,  given  in  another 
place,  a  committee  was  appointed  for  the  calling  of  an- 
other Assembly  at  such  time  and  place  as  they  might 
deem  necessary;  yet  the  years  had  slipped  away  and  the 
prospect  of  such  an  Assembly,  from  the  human  stand- 
point, seemed  less  and  less.  Our  name  was  the  last  on 
the  list  and  we  the  youngest  of  the  committee,  but  the 
time  came  when  we  could  no  longer  forbear. 

On  our  way  home  from  evangelistic  work  in  Texas 
in  August,  1900,  with  our  heart  full  of  burning  love  for 
our  brethren  of  different  movements,  and  breaking  with 
sorrow  over  the  desolation  of  Zion,  we  promised  God  to 
wait  no  longer.  On  the  train  we  blocked  out  a  Call  in 
btiimony  with  our  convictions  and  soon  after  reaching 
home  revised  it  and  sent  it  on  to  Brother  George  Hughes, 
chairman  of  the  committee,  urging  him  to  take  hold  of 
the  matter  and  see  what  could  be  done.  His  reply  was 
encouraging  and  immediately  both  of  us  began  corre- 
spondence with  other  members  of  the  committee  and  lead- 
ers of  the  holiness  work.  Some  of  the  answers  we  received 
were  rather  discouraging  and  showed  but  little  faith,  but 
all  acknowledged  the  great  need.  Members  of  the  com- 
mittee and  many  others  readily  promised  their  hearty  sym- 
pathy and  co-operation,  and  in  spite  of  difficulties  that 
appeared  insurmountable,  the  work  went  on  in  answer 
to  prayer.  From  the  first.  Brother  Hughes  took  it  upon 
his  heart  and  labored  with  us  constantly  and  faithfully. 


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As  a  result  of  consultation  with  Brother  Hughes  and  other 
members  of  the  committee,  some  changes  were  made  in 
the  Call  and  some  things  added  and  names  agreed  upon 
to  fill  vacancies  in  the  original  committee ;  and  the  con- 
sent and  co-operation  of  the  brothers  secured.  Thus  sev- 
eral months  passed  before  the  Call  was  ready  for  publica- 
tion and  at  times  our  faith  was  greatly  tested;  but  from 
that  time  preparations  went  forward  rapidly  and  the  work 
took  strong  hold  upon  many  hearts  and  in  spite  of  great 
opposition  on  the  part  of  some  from  whom  we  expected 
sympathy,  difficulties  were  overcome,  barriers  gave  way, 
and  interest  and  sympathy  and  co-operation  increased. 

Of  our  own  part  in  this  work,  Brother  Hughes  says 
in  an  editorial  in  the  June  number  of  The  Guide  to 
Holiness :  "Brother  Shaw  was  really  the  father  of  this 
enterprise,  and  at  his  earnest  solicitation  we  consented 
to  unite  with  him  in  making  the  preparations.  Brother 
and  Sister  Shaw  worked  heroically  in  the  matter,  going 
from  church  to  church,  and  holdings  meetings  in  the  First 
Church,  daily,  in  the  afternoon,  for  a  month,  in  order  to 
interest  pastors  and  people  in  the  work  contemplated  by 
the  Assembly." 

The  Official  Call  was  published  in  nearly  all  of  the 
holiness  papers  of  this  country  and  Canada  and  many  of 
them  opened  their  columns  freely  for  communications  re- 
garding the  Assembly  and  published  strong  editorials  in 
its  favor.  Several  numbers  of  the  "Guide  to  Holiness*' 
were  devoted  largely  to  the  interest  of  the  Assembly  and 
large  extra  editions  sent  out.  Many  church  papers  of 
different  denominations  published  the  Call  and  encouraged 
the  work.  The  names  of  hundreds  of  leaders  represent- 
ing a  score  or  more  of  different  evangelical  denomina- 
tions were  added  to  the  Call,  and  thousands  of  God's 
children  took  the  work  to  heart  and  carried  it  to  the 


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throne  in  earnest  and  prevailing  prayer  asking  that  the 
HoHneiss  Assembly  might  result  in  the  greatest  revival 
of  perfect  love  known  in  the  modern  holiness  move- 
ment. Succeeding  pages  will  tell  our  readers  some  of 
the  glorious  results  already  seen,  but  no  words  can  tell 
and  time  can  not  measure  all  the  outcome. 

We  were  authorized  by  the  Assembly  to  publish  its 
proceedings  in  book  form  anJ  an  advisory  committee  was 
appointed.  So  far  as  possible  we  have  consulted  not 
only  this  committee  but  others  of  the  leading  workers 
who  were  present  at  the  Assembly.  It  has  been  thought 
best  to  condense  sermons  to  eight  or  ten  pages.  This 
has  been  done  by  the  speakers  themselves  so  that  as  far 
as  possible  the  truth  brought  out  might  be  clearly  pre- 
sented. 

Depending  upon  the  work  of  the  stenographer  who 
was  to  keep  an  accurate  report  of  all  services,  we  took 
no  notes  during  the  Assembly  and  when  too  late  found 
that  the  reports,  given  of  altar  services  utterly  failed  to 
do  them  justice.    This  we  greatly  regret. 

In  all  this  work,  God  is  our  witness  that  we  have 
labored  with  an  eye  single  to  His  glory  and  we  earnestly 
pray  that  mistakes  may  be  overruled  and  that  our  work, 
by  the  mercy  of  God,  may  be  greatly  used  in  the  uniting 
of  God's  people  and  the  salvation  of  many  souls. 

Your  brother  and  servant  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord, 

S.  B.  Shaw. 


ECHOES 

OF  THE 


The  Official  Call. 


To  all  the  saints  and  faithful  brethren  scal.erca 
abroad,  greeting.  ''Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace  from 
God  our  Father,  and  from  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

Many  will  remember  that  in  the  spring  of  1885,  there 
was  held  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  a  Holiness  General 
Assembly,  May  20  -  26. 

That  assembly  represented  a  score  or  more  of  the 
evangelical  denominations ;  yet  regarding  holiness  doc- 
trine, experience  and  testimony,  it  was,  practically,  a  unit. 
Its  sessions  (as  stated  by  the  committee  on  deliverances, 
in  the  published  report)  were  characterized  by  Christian 
fellowship,  unity  and  gracious  outpourings  of  the  Holy 
Spirit;  so  that  at  almost  every  service,  persons  were 
converted  or  sanctified.  ''At  times,"  as  they  state,  "the 
Divine  communications  were  overwhelming ;  the  altar  and 
surrounding  seats  were  filled  with  seekers  and  the  saving 
work  progressed  with  great  power." 

So  great  was  the  good  accomplished,  that  it  was  the 
conviction  of  those  present  that  some  provision  should 
be  made  to  arrange  for  another  similar  gathering  of  the 
holiness  forces,  and  we,  the  undersigned,  were  appointed 
members  of  a  general  committee  of  correspondence  for 


*Some  vacancies  in  the  original  committee  have  been  filled  by 
other  names. 


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the  holding  of  another  holiness  assembly  at  such  time 
and  place  as  we  deemed  expedient.  Fifteen  years  have 
swept  rapidly  by  since  that  glorious  time  and  many  of 
those  then  present  with  us  have  gone  to  join  the  general 
assembly  of  the  first  born,  around  the  throne  in  the 
heavenly  city.  Great  responsibility  rests  upon  us  who 
remain,  and  upon  all  who  have  ever  proved  that  there 
is  power  in  the  blood  of  Christ  to  cleanse  from  all  sin, 
and  have  ever  known  in  their  own  hearts  the  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire.  And  while  we  praise  God  for 
the  revival  and  spread  of  scriptural  holiness  which  has 
been  witnessed  in  the  last  few  decades,  we  are  firmly 
convinced  that  the  holiness  people  (so  known)  are  not 
measuring  up  to  their  glorious  opportunity.  As  a  com- 
mittee, we  believe  that  another  general  holiness  rally,  simi- 
lar in  object  and  methods  to  the  one  we  have  mentioned, 
will  greatly  n  dound  to  the  glory  of  God  in  the  stirring 
up  and  uniting  of  God's  people  and  in  the  salvation  of 
a  multitude  of  souls. 

Under  these  convictions  the  Committee  has  been  led, 
we  trust  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  to  arrange  for  a 

GENERAL  HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 

to  be  held  in  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Chicago,  111.,  of  which  Rev.  J.  P.  Brushingham,  D.  D., 
is  pastor,  corner  of  Clark  and  Washington  Streets,  May 
3-13,  1901.  To  this  Assembly  we  cordially  invite  mem- 
bers of  the  Evangelical  Church  of  Christ.  And  if  there 
be  any  Christians,  who,  for  any  just  cause,  may  be  tem- 
porarily without  a  Church  home,  they  will  be  welcome 
to  meet  with  us,  and  the  more  if  we  may  aid  them  in 
selecting  a  congenial  Church  home,  where  the  means  of 
grace  will  contribute  to  their  spiritual  life  and  progress. 
In  the  services  of  the  Assembly,  largeness  of  gospel 


H0LINE8S  ASSEMBLY. 


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liberty  will  be  enjoyed,  and  there  will  be  abundant  oppor- 
tunities for  holy  exercise  in  testifying  freely  of  the  great 
salvation  in  its  varied  phases — to  lead  fellow  Christians 
to  the  fountain  of  cleansing,  and  penitent  sinners  to  the 
feet  of  Jesus,  that  they  may  know  the  joy  of  pardoned 
sin. 

The  gates  of  entrance  to  the  Assembly  will  be  open 
day  and  night,  to  admit  the  unsaved  of  all  classes,  in 
expectancy  that  v6ry  many  will  be  happily  converted  and 
introduced  to  the  fellowship  of  the  saints,  during  the 
progress  of  the  services. 

The  Assembly  will  be  representative  in  character. 
Persons  will  be  enrolled  as  members  who  bring  certifi- 
cates from  some  branch  of  the  evangelical  Church,  or 
from  organizations  which  maintain  a  fraternal  spirit  and 
attitude  toward  the  Church — such  as  Holiness  Associa- 
tions, ecclesiastical  bodies.  Conferences,  Camp  Meeting 
Associations,  definitely  on  the  line  of  holiness.  Missions 
and  Stated  Meetings,  and  any  other  organization  of  like 
character,  said  certificates  being  subject  to  approval  of 
the  Committee  on  Enrollment  or  Credentials  as  the  As- 
sembly may  appoint.  Members  will  be  entitled  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  discussions  and  to  vote  on  questions  sub- 
mitted to  the  Assembly  for  its  action. 

While  leaving  the  Assembly  in  the  main  to  plan  for 
its  own  work,  we  deem  it  proper  to  specify  the  follow- 
ing general  objects : 

1.  Such  a  Pentecostal  waiting  upon  God  in  humble, 
united,  prevailing  prayer,  as  will  bring  about  truly  Pente- 
costal results  in  the  outpouring  of  God's  Spirit  and  the 
saving  of  souls. 

2.  Such  prayerful  and  harmonious  consideration  of 
the  needs  and  hindrances  of  the  holiness  movement,  as 
shall  lead  to  more  hearty  co-operation,  more  thorough 


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and  aggressive  work,  and  more  victorious  results  than  in 
the  past. 

3.  To  provide  opportunity  to  again  publish  to  the 
world,  the  true  mission  and  object  of  the  holiness  move- 
ment (rightly  recognized  as  such)  and  so,  as  far  as  possible, 
remove  prejudice  that  comes  from  misunderstanding  or 
has  resulted  from  extreme,  erroneous  and  fanatical  posi- 
tions assumed  by  some  so-called  holiness  workers. 

4.  It  is  especially  desired  that  this  Assembly  shall 
present  a  basis  for  the  bringing  of  the  holiness  organiza- 
tions throughout  the  world,  if  practicable,  into  an  Inter- 
national Union,  so  that  there  shall  be  an  augmented 
strength,  and  a  mightier  advance  made  upon  the  kingdom 
of  darkness  in  the  present  century,  than  has  yet  been 
known  in  the  history  of  the  modern  holiness  movement. 
And  in  furtherance  of  this  design,  all  side  issues  irrelevant 
to  the  objects  herein  specifically  stated,  will  be  neces- 
sarily excluded  from  the  discussions  of  the  Assembly. 

5.  Such  an  Assembly,  representing  all  of  the  evan- 
gelical Churches,  will  give  a  blessed  opportunity  of  mani- 
festing to  the  Church  and  to  the  world,  the  love  they 
have  for  each  other  and  for  the  various  movements  and 
denominations  they  represent;  thus  proving  the  word  of 
God,  "By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  dis- 
ciples, if  ye  have  love  one  to  another."  John  13  135.  The 
most  devoted  and  prominent  Christian  workers  have  not 
been  able  to  see  alike  in  all  things,  but,  by  the  grace 
of  God,  they  may  be  able  to  feel  alike  and  work  in 
perfect  harmony  regardless  of  their  many  differences. 

There  is  a  wide-spread  conviction  among  God's  people 
that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  a  great  revival  of  Scriptural 
holiness.  Thousands  are  on  their  knees  every  day  pray- 
ing for  a  deeper  type  of  Christian  experience  and  for 
more  heavenly  union  among  God's  people.    If  the  Holy 


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Ghost  is  fully  honored  by  all  saints  in  the  coming  As- 
sembly, we  believe  it  will  be  greatly  used  of  God  in 
bringing  about  the  greatest  revival  of  holiness  witnessed 
since  the  days  of  the  apostles ;  that  the  fire  of  God's  love 
will  sweep  away  all  barr»iers  that  have  kept  the  holiness 
people  apart,  and  that  the  saints  will  be  so  occupied  with 
God  that  they  will  lose  sight  of  human  creeds  and  forms 
and  self  importance  and  whatever  else  has  hindered  the 
outpouring  of  God's  Spirit. 

We  earnestly  recommend  the  observance  of  a  gen- 
eral fast  among  the  holiness  people  everywhere.  Let 
special  and  prevailing  prayer  be  offered  for  the  coming 
assembly  and  the  cause  of  holiness.  Let  prayer  be  offered 
daily  for  God's  blessing  to  rest  upon  this  expected  gather- 
ing of  his  people. 

We  have  secured  a  large  church  in  the  heart  of  the 
city  for  the  use  of  the  Assembly,  and  an  effort  will  be 
made  to  obtain  reduced  rates  over  the  railroads. 

Through  the  kindness  and  co-operation  of  the  holi- 
'  ness  people  of  Chicago,  we  hope  to  provide  free  enter- 
tainment for  those  coming  from  a  distance.   Further  and 
more  definite  information  will  be  published  in  due  time. 

Your  brethren  in  the  bonds  of  perfect  love, 

GEORGE  HUGHES,  New  York. 

W.  T.  HOGUE,  Illinois. 

ISAIAH  REID,  Iowa. 

JOHN  A.  WOOD,  California. 

A.  M.  HILLS,  Texas. 

J.  McD.  KERR,  Canada. 

CHAS.  N.  CRITTENTON,  Washington,  D.  C. 

AURA  SMITH,  Missouri. 

S.  B.  SHAW,  Illinois. 
Donations  in  aid  of  the  expenses,  which  will  necessarily,  be  large, 
will  be  thankfully  received.    Address,  S.  B.  Shaw,  Treasurer,  Cen- 
tral Union  Block,  corner  Market  and  Madison  Streets,  Chicago,  111. 


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The  following  leading  holiness  workers  gave  their 
names  in  endorsement  of  the  call : 
Rev.  Chas.  Garnett,  Congregationalist,  London,  England. 
Rev.  Chas,  W.  L.  ChrisHew,  Wesleyan,  England. 
Rev.  I.  E.  Page,  Wesleyan,  England. 
Rev.  E.  T.  Curnick,  D.  D.,  Lyon,  Mass. 

Rev.  A.  T.  Jennings.  Editor  Wesleyan  Methodist,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Hall.  Publisher  Wesleyan  Methodist,  Syracuse,  N.  Y 

W.  P.  Raidabaugh,  Manager  Friends'  Pub.  Ass'n.,  Chicago. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Lively,  Presiding  Elder  M.  E.  Church,  Marshall,  Texas. 

Rev.  John  G.  Fee,  President  Berea  College,  Berea,  Ky. 

Rev.  T.  C.  Reade,  D.  D.,  President  Taylor  University,  Upland,  Ind. 

Bishop  N.  Castle,  of  U.  B.  Church,  Elkhart,  Indiana. 

Rev.  B.  Carradine,  Evangelist,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

J.  Walter  Malone,  Pres.  Friends'  Bible  Training  Home,  Cleveland,  O. 
Rev.  W.  L  Phillips,  Gen.  Sec.  American  Christian  Association,  Chi- 
cago. 

Rev.  Edward  F.  Walker,  Evangelist,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Rev.  C.  W.  Ruth,  Evangelist,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Col.  F.  E.  Peck,  of  Christian  Crijsaders,  Button,  Mich. 
Rev.  W.  B.  Godbey,  Evangelist,  Perryville,  Ky. 
Rev.  J.  I^.  Glascock,  Evangelist,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Thos.  H.  Nelson,  Leader  in  Charge  of  Pentecost  Bands,  In- 
dianapolis, Ind. 

Rev.  C.  B.  Whitaker,  P.  E.  of  U.  B.  Church,  Charlotte,  Mich. 
Rev.  John  Kirn,  P.  C.,  Primitive  Holiness  Mission,  Owosso,  Mich. 
Rev.  Lucius  Hawkins.  Evangelist,  Birmingham,  Alabama. 
Rev.  T.  B.  Arnold,  Publisher,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  F.  M,  Levy,  D.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 
Rev.  John  Parker,  Ashbury  Park,  N.  J. 

Rev.  A.  E.  Ballard,  D.  D.,  President  Pitman  Grove  Camp  Meeting 
Association. 

Rev.  Bud.  Robinson,  Evangelist.  Greenville,  Texas. 
Rev.  S.  Rice,  Superintendent  Pentecostal  Union,  Chicago. 
Rev.  G,  A.  McLaughlin,  Editor  Christian  Witness,  Chicago. 
Rev,  D.  O.  Ernsberger,  P.  E.  Raichur,  District,  South  India  Confer- 
ence, M.  E.  Church. 
Brigadier  General  Fielding,  of  American  Volunteers.  Chicago. 
J.  S.  Date,  Sec.  Des  Plaines  Camp  Meeting  Association,  Chicago. 
Bishop  I,  W.  Joyce  of  M.  E.  Church,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Rev.  L.  A.  Townsend,  Pastor  Sedwick  St.  Cong.  Church,  Chicago. 
Rev.  D.  F.  Brooks,  Pastor-Evangelist,  Brandon,  Vermont. 
Mrs.  Lizzie  R.  Smith,  Evangelist,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rev.  Seneca  Howland,  Evangelist,  New  York. 
Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Cooke,  Evangelist,  Chicago. 
Deacon  Geo.  M.  Morse,  Putnam,  Conn. 

Rev.  A.  C.  Morehouse,  Leader  of  Tuesday  meeting,  New  York. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Foote,  Evangelist,  Syracuse,  New  York. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Browning,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Kelsey,  Chicago  District  Free  Methodist  Church,  Chicago. 


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W.  J.  Hadley,  Gen'l  Supt.  Pastoral  and  Evangelical  Department  of 

Iowa  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends'  Church. 
Rev.  Grover  C.  Clark,  P.  E.  Dixon  District  Rock  River  Conference. 

IvI.  E.  Church. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Hanley,  Pres.  World's  Faith  Missionary  Association. 

Shenandoah,  Iowa. 
Rev.  T.  H.  Osborn,  the  "Drummer  Evangelist,"  Union  Springs. 

New  YorK:. 

Bishop  Cyrus  D.  Foss,  of  M.  E.  Church,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 
Bishop  Thomas  Bowman,  of  M.  E.  Church,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Rev.  D.  A.  H.  Tuttle,  Pastor  of  M.  E.  Church,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Alexander  McLean,  Treas.   National  Holiness  Association. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Bishop  A.  Walters,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Mrs.  Julia  A.  Foote,  Evangelist,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Jas.  Harris,  of  Methodist  Church,  Guelph,  Canada 
Rev.  E.  E.  Reynolds,  Secretary  of  Vermont  Holiness  Association. 
Rev.  D.  G.  F.  Oliver,  P.  E.  of  M.  E.  Church,  New  Philadelphia, 

Ohio 

Bishop  D.  H.  Moore,  of  M.  E.  Church,  Shanghai,  China. 
Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Nast. 

Rev.  T.  C.  Ligon,  Editor  of  Way  of  Faith. 
Bishop  J.  M.  Walden,  of  M.  E.  Church. 

Dr.  Manley  S.  Hard,  Secretary  Church  Extension  Society  of  M. 
E.  Church. 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Whittemore,  Founder  of  Door  of  Hope,  New  York. 
Colonel  Ray,  Missionary  to  "The  Tombs,"  New  York. 
Rev.  Dr.  H.  B.  Parks,  Secretary  of  Missionary  Society  of  A.  M. 
E.  Church. 

Mrs.  Abbie  C.  Morrow,  Evangelist  and  Editor  of  5".  S.  Illustrator, 
New  York. 

Bishop  B.  W.  Goodsell,  of  M.  E.  Church,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Rev.  Egerton  R.  Young,  Indian  Missionary,  Toronto,  Canada. 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Willing,  W.  C.  T.  U.  Training  Institute  and  Settlement, 
New  York. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Smith,  Evangelist,  North  Harvey,  III. 
Mrs.  Mary  Grant  Cramer,  Evangelist,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Miss  Isabella  S.  Leonard,  Evangelist,  Phoenix,  Arizona. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Brushingham,  Pastor  First  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 
Mrs.  Kate  Summer  Burr,  Editor  of  Invalid's  Visitor,  Williamson, 
New  York. 

Rev.  N.  Vansant,  of  Newark  Conference  Holiness  Association, 
Madison,  N.  J. 

Rev.  D.  F.  Brooks,  Pastor  and  Evangelist,  Brandon,  Vermont. 
Rev.  Seneca  Hurland,  Evangelist,  New*  York. 
Rev.  H.  Grentzenberg,  Editor  of  German  Guide  to    Holiness,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

Col.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  Sowton,  Officers  in  charge  of  Northwestern 

Division  Salvation  Army,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  James  Printer,  Evangelists,  Sarahville,  Ohio. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Whitcomb,  Pastor  of  F.  M.  Church,  Evanston,  111. 


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tJCHOES  OP  THE  GENERAL 


M.  L.  Ryan,  Editor  of  Light,  Salem,  Oregon. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Roberts,  Editor  Earnest  Christian,  North  Chili,  N.  Y. 

Rev._  Geo.  W.  Ridout,  Pres.  Fletcher  Grove  Holiness  Camp  Meet- 
ing Association,  Delanco,  N.  J. 

Dr.  M.  Palmer,  New  York,  at  whose  home  the  "Tuesday  Meet- 
ing" is  held. 

Rev.  Dr.  C.  J.  Fowler,  Pres.  of  National  Holiness  Association, 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

Mrs.  O.  M.  Fitzgerald,  Newark,  N.  J.,  over  forty  years  Leader  of 
Holiness  meetings. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Osborn,  Hackettstown,  N.  J.,  Founder  of  National  Holi- 
ness Movement,  now  New  Jersey  Conference  Evangelist. 

Mrs.  Lucy  D.  Osborn,  Pres.  of  Missionary  Training  Institute,  Brook-, 
lyn.  N.  Y. 

Miss  Hester  Alway,  Vice  Principal  of  Missionary  Training  Insti- 
tute. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bishop  W.  F.  Mallalieu,  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  Auburndale,  Mass. 

Rev.  Dr.  A.  Carmen,  Superintendent  of  Methodist  Church,  Canada. 

Rev.  Dr.  John  Potts,  Secretary  of  Educational  Society  of  Methodist 
Church,  Canada. 

Bishop  A.  Grant,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Rev.  W.  N.  Ogborn,  Chairman,  Pitman  Grove,  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Heisler,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Westcott,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  T.  Johnson,  Evangelists,  Perkinsville,  Vermont. 
Richard  Grant,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Simonson,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Rev.  Dr.  D.  M.  Stearns,  Editor  of  Kingdom  Tidings,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

A.  W.  Dennett,  Westville,  Placer  Co.,  California. 
Mother  Prindle,  late  Matron  of  Florence  Crittenton  Mission,  New 
York. 

Rev.  E.  D.  Whiteside,  of  Christian  and  Missionary  Alliance,  Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Orwig,  Evangelist,  Cleveland,  O. 

Jennie  Smith,  Railroad  Evangelist,   Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Grace  Weiser  Davis,  Evangelist,  Jersey  City. 

Mrs.  R.  C.  Oliver,  Missionary,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Miss  Emily  E.  Oliver,  Matron  Missionary  Training' Institute,  New 
York,  and  Marie  J.  Smith,  Frances  Stevens,  Minerva  L.  Guth- 
appel,  Maud  M.  Ralph,  Margaret  L.  Bover,  Florence  R.  Weis*;, 
Harry  Lee,  Elizabeth  Schwab,  Louis  M.  Daval,  Ruth  Finch, 
Louise  M.  Stead,  Henrietta  Robins,  Althea  M.  Todd  and  J. 
W.  Bill,  students  of  the  institution,  who  are  in  the  experience 
of  perfect  love. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


15 


The  Union  Revival  Services  Preparatory  to  the 
General  Holiness  Assembly. 

Realizing  the  great  importance  of  the  coming  General 
Holiness  Assembly,  myself  and  wife  with  several  others 
had  strong  convictions  that  special  meetings  should  be 
held  in  order  to  prepare  the  hearts  of  the  people  in 
Chicago  for  the  great  work  before  them.  We  rented  the 
lecture  room  of  the  first  M.  E.  church  where  meetings 
were  held  daily  from  2  to  4  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  when 
they  were  held  from  3  to  5  in  the  audience  room.  These 
lasted  for  one  month. 

The  meetings  opened  up  Friday,  April  5th,  with  an 
all  day  meeting.  It  was  a  day  of  great  power  and  there 
were  a  number  of  earnest  seekers.  The  meetings  con- 
tinued from  day  to  day  with  unabated  interest  and  we 
do  not  know  of  a  single  service  without  some  seekers..  The 
coming  Assembly  was  kept  before  the  people  and  the 
importance  of  heart  union  among  Christians  of  all  denom- 
inations was  made  prominent  in  all  the  meetings.  Chris- 
tian workers  representing  a  dozen  or  more  denominations 
co-operated  in  the  work.  Salvation  Army  officers  and 
officers  of  the  American  Volunteers  and  all  kinds  of 
Methodists,  Baptists,  Presbyterians,  Congregationalists 
and  other  denominations  assisted.  There  was  a  great  bur- 
den on  myself  and  wife  and  others  to  see  Christians  of 
different  denominations  more  closely  united  in  heart  and 
in  the  work  of  God. 

At  times  the  Lord  gave  us  great  power  in  prayer  and 
preaching  the  word.  Many  days  and  nights  were  spent 
on  our  faces  weeping  and  crying  to  God  for  the  holiness 
movement  and  for  the  General  Holiness  Assembly.  We 
deeply  felt  and  sought  to  impress  upon  others  the  follow- 
iog  truths: 


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tJCSOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


If-  \v(  expect  to  return  to  primitive  piety  and  powei% 
we  nv  t  come  back  to  primitive  consecration  and  self 
denial.  We  must  fear  God  and  keep  His  commandments, 
for  th  is  is  the  whole  duty  of  man.  Not  the  main  duty, 
as  many  people  think  nor  the  most  important  duty,  but 
the  wliole  dvty.  We  should  cry  to  God  day  and  night 
with  an  r.iv  rj  ;1  ly  cry  for  the  old  time  power  and  glory. 

The  la  :k  nf  sympathy  and  co-operation  among  the 
holine  s  j  po|  le  has  been  a  great  hindrance  to  the  holiness 
moveii.cnt.  v^o  many  of  the  holiness  people  allow  their 
differences  on  non-essentials  to  result  in  prejudice  and 
lack  of  Ci^ristian  charity.  We  can  never  hope  for  union, 
even  among-  holiness  people,  by  all  seeing  alike.  The  most 
devoted  saints,  by  a  careful  study  of  the  Scriptures,  will 
come  to  different  conclusions  as  to  the  plan  of  church 
government,  or  the  mode  of  baptism,  and  other  church 
ordinances.  The  best,  and  most  able  writers  have  not 
been  able  to  see  alike,  as  to  what  constitutes  worldly 
amusements,  neither  can  they  exactly  agree  as  to  what 
are  unscriptural  ways  of  raising  money,  or  what  constitutes 
worldly  conformity  in  dress  and  living;  and  so  with  other 
things  connected  with  the  work  of  the  Lord,  and  individual 
practice. 

The  best  people  will  never  see  alike  on  all  points ; 
but  God's  people  may  be  so  cleansed  from  all  sin,  and 
so  filled  with  perfect  love,  that  they  will  think  no  evil  of 
each  other.  They  may  be  of  one  heart  and  of  one  mind, 
touching  the  vitals  of  the  Christian  faith;  and  whether 
they  think  or  believe  alike  or  not,  they  may  be  able,  by 
the  grace  of  God  to  feel  alike,  and  work  in  perfect  har- 
mony, regardless  of  their  many  differences. 

We  have  labored  in  holiness  conventions,  where  ten 
or  twelve  denominations  were  represented,  and  they  dis- 
agreed on  many  points,  and  yet  they  were  perfectly  united 


Bolides assembly. 


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in  love.  If  we  expect  others  to  respect  our  judgment  and 
convictions  of  right,  we  must  respect  theirs. 

If  the  hohness  people  would  spend  as  much  time 
praying  for  each  other,  as  they  do  in  criticising  each 
other,  they  would  soon  come  together. 

Brother  Hall  from  the  Moody  Institute  had  a  great 
burden  of  prayer  and  was  greatly  used  of  God  in  ex- 
hortation and  prevailing  prayer  for  the  meeting.  Brother 
A.  L.  Whitcomb  of  Evanston,  preached  two  powerful  ser- 
mons that  were  greatly  honored  of  God.  During  the 
meetings  we  also  had  an  able  sermon  from  G.  W.  Han- 
mer  of  the  same  place ;  also  from  Evangelists  John  B. 
Shaw,  S.  Rice,  W.  E.  Shepard,  G.  D.  Cleworth,  Hattie 
Livingston,  Joseph  Jamieson.  We  were  also  greatly 
assisted  by  Rev.  G.  A.  McLaughlin,  John  Kelsey,  Sarah 
A.  Cooke  and  others.  One  of  the  most  remarkable  con- 
versions during  the  preliminary  meetings  was  an  ex- 
Catholic  monk.  After  his  conversion  he  told  us  of  the 
awful  tortures  that  he  had  endured  because  he  could  not 
conscientiously  endorse  all  the  corruption  that  he  wit- 
nessed in  the  various  monasteries  where  he  had  been  for 
over  twenty  years.  The  preliminary  meetings  resulted  in 
getting  the  holiness  people  of  Chicago  greatly  united 
and  interested  in  the  Assembly. 

In  addition  to  the  meetings  held  every  day  from  two 
to  four  at  the  First  M.  E.  church,  myself  and  wife  held 
revival  services  preparatory  to  the  Assembly  in  Salvation 
Army  and  Volunteer  halls,  Missions  and  various  churches, 
which  meetings  were  greatly  blessed  of  God  and  resulted 
in  the  salvation  of  a  goodly  number  of  souls. 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  (jENERAL 


A  Day  of  Fasting  and  Prayer  for  the  General 
Holiness  Assembly. 

The  following  notice  was  widely  published  and  abundant  evi- 
dence given  that  the  day  was  very  generally  observed. 

In  addition  to  the  request  in  the  Official  Call  for 
daily  prayer  for  God's  blessing  to  rest  upon  the  Assem- 
bly, we  are  urged  to  fix  upon  a  day  for  the  observance 
of  a  general  fast  among  Holiness  people  everywhere,  when 
they  shall  unite  in  crying  mightily  to  God  for  the  coming 
Assembly,  to  be  held  in  Chicago  May  3-13. 

We  therefore,  in  the  fear  of  God,  set  apart  Friday 
April  26,  to  be  thus  observed,  and  request  all  who  will 
to  join  in  the  following  petitions : 

1 —  Pray  that  God  in  His  infinite  mercy  may  grant 
to  all  hearts  the  intercession  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  that 
they  may  prevail  with  Him  in  prayer  in  behalf  of  the 
Assembly. 

2 —  Pray  that  God  may  open  the  way  for  all  those 
whom  He  would  have  come  to  Chicago. 

3 —  Pray  that  all  those  that  come  may  come  in  the  full- 
ness of  the  Spirit,  or  with  hearts  hungering  after  righteous- 
ness. 

4 —  Pray  that  the  hearts  of  the  holiness  people  may 
be  united  for  the  work  of  God  as  never  before,  and  that 
all  misunderstandings  and  all  other  barriers  that  have 
hindered  the  work  may  be  swept  away  by  the  mighty 
power  of  God. 

5 —  Pray  that  the  Assembly  may  be  the  beginning  of 
the  greatest  and  most  thorough  revival  known  to  the 
modern  holiness  movement. 

GEO.  HUGHEvS,  Chairman, 

S.  B.  SHAW,  Secretary. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


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First  All  Day  and  All  Night  Meeting. 

In  harmony  with  the  call  for  special  fasting  and 
prayer  we  arranged  for  an  all-day  service,  April  26,  to  be 
followed  by  an  all  night  of  prayer.  Our  report  is  largely 
taken  from  the  Christian  Witness.  This  service  was  in 
union  with  the  regular  Friday  all  day  meeting  here  in  the 
city  under  charge  of  the  Pentecostal  Union. 

The  morning  service  was  held  in  the  Wabash  Ave. 
M.  E.  church,  and  was  led  by  Bro.  S.  Rice,  Supt.  of  the 
Pentecostal  Union.  The  service  consisted  mainly  of  prayer 
and  testimony  and  a  good  talk  by  Bro.  Hughes,  editor 
of  "The  Guide  to  Holiness,"  who  had  just  arrived  to 
assist  in  the  preliminary  meetings  of  the  Assembly.  The 
service  was  good  and  the  Lord  of  hosts  was  in  the 
midst. 

The  afternoon  service  was  held  at  the  First  M.  E. 
church,  where  the  preliminary  meetings  were  held  each 
day.  Bro.  Hughes  was  much  blessed  in  speaking  to  the 
people.  Sister  S.  B.  Shaw  read  the  Scripture  lesson.  Ex- 
hortations, testimonies  and  a  blessed  altar  service  fol- 
lowed.   This  was  a  glorious  service. 

The  evening  service  was  at  the  Wabash  Ave.  M.  E. 
church  again  and  lasted  all  night.  From  7  till  10  it 
was  in  charge  of  Bro.  Rice.  Following  prayer  and  testi- 
mony, Bro.  W.  E.  Shepard  of  California  preached  a  very 
excellent  sermon  on  consecration,  which  was  followed  by 
a  blessed  altar  service  with  a  goodly  number  of  seekers 
for  pardon  and  holiness,  some  of  whom  received  the  desire 
of  their  hearts. 

Following  this  service  the  Salvation  Army  came  in 
large  force,  representing  the  corps  of  the  city,  with  a 
number  of  the  leading  officers,  and  led  a  very  interesting 
service  till  about  one  o'clock,  many  of  them  remaining 
till  the  close  at  five  o'clock  in  the  morning. 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


After  the  time  allotted  to  the  Army,  Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw 
took  charge  of  the  meeting  for  the  rest  of  the  night. 
A  number  of  ten  minute  talks  from  some  evangelists, 
pastors  and  Salvation  Army  officers  present,  with  frequent 
altar  calls  for  prayer,  which  were  much  owned  of  God, 
took  up  a  goodly  portion  of  the  time. 

At  about  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  it  seemed  that 
the  windows  of  heaven  were  opened  and  the  glory  that 
shone  of  old  beamed  from  the  faces  of  the  saints,  and 
their  testimonies  had  a  heavenly  ring. 

Among  the  wonderful  uplifts  of  the  night  was  the 
sermon  of  Evangelist  Joseph  Jamieson.  He  occupied  the 
last  part  of  the  night.  As  the  light  of  morning  began 
to  break  in  at  the  windows,  the  glory  of  God  poured  into 
the  saints'  hearts. 

Sister  Lydia  E.  Brown,  evangeHst,  describes  the  meet- 
ings and  sermon  as  follows : 

"The  wonderful  power  of  God  was  felt  all  night.  At 
times  the  church  seemed  to  be  aglow  with  divine  glory 
and  filled  with  the  presence  of  the  risen  Christ.  Chris- 
tians were  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  unsaved  souls  were 
brought  into  the  light  of  sins  forgiven,  and  before  morn 
ing  it  seemed  as  if  the  time  had  come  for  the  Second 
Coming  of  our  Lord  and  Savior,  so  manifest  was  His 
presence  among  us.  Then  came  that  wonderful  closing 
between  the  hours  of  four  and  five,  w^ien  God  seemed  to 
open  the  windows  of  heaven  and  pour  out  a  blessing  which 
will  never  be  forgotten  in  this  world  nor  in  the  world 
to  come.  A  brother  spoke,  and  as  he  addressed  the 
audience  it  seemed  to  me  as  if  surely  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel  was  not  only  in  the  midst  of  us  but  had  full  control 
of  preacher  and  people." 

During  the  night  a  goodly  number  of  souls  were  en- 
tirely sanctified,  including  six  Salvation  Army  officers, 
four  of  whom  were  captains. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


Officers  and  Committees  of  the  Assembly. 

TEMPORARY  OFFICERS. 
Chairman. 
Rev.  George  Hughes  of  New  York. 

Secretary. 
Rev.  G.  A.  McLaughlin  of  Illinois. 

PERMANENT  OFFICERS. 
President. 
Rev.  C.  J.  Fowler  of  Massachusetts. 

Vice  Presidents. 

Rev.  E.  F.  Walker,  Ind. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Hills,  fex. 
Rev.  James  Harris,  Canada. 
Rev.  M.  L.  Haney,  111. 
Deacon  Geo.  M.  Morse,  Conn. 

Secretary. 

Rev.  A.  L.  Whitcomb,  111. 

Assistant  Secretary. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Shepard,  Cal. 

Treasurer. 

Rev.  G.  A.  McLaughlin,  111. 

Railroad  Secretary. 

Rev.  T.  B.  Arnold,  111. 

Assembly  Reporter. 

Rev.  Isaiah  Reid,  Iowa. 

COMMITTEES. 
Committee  on  Permanent  Methods. 
Rev.  Alexander  McLean,  Chairman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  T.  K.  Doty,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Rev.  Aura  Smith,  Seymour,  Ind. 
Rev.  T.  H.  Agnew,  Virginia,  111. 
Rev.  G.  A.  McLaughlin,  Evanston,  111. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Allen,  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Foote,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Committee  on  Deliverances. 
Rev.  W.  T.  Hogue,  Chairman,  Chicago,  111. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Kent,  Jacksonville,  111. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Walker,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Rev.  Hiram  Ackers,  Big  Prairie,  Ohio. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Hills,  Greenville,  Texas. 
Rev.  M.  L.  Haney,  Normal,  111. 
Rev.  W.  E.  Shepard,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


22  ECHOES  OF  TEE  GENERAL 


Committee  on  Music. 

Rev.  G.  A.  McLaughlin. 
Rev.  J.  M.  and  M.  J.  Harris. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Shaw. 
Rev.  C.  B.  Jernigan. 

Committee  on  Mail. 

Mrs.  Hattie  Livingston. 

Committee  on  Books. 
Rev.  S.  B.'Shaw,  Chairman. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Brushingham. 
Rev.  S.  Rice. 

Committee  on  Pulpit  Supply. 
Rev.  A.  D.  Traveller. 
Rev.  S.  Rice. 
Rev.  H.  Hunt. 
Rev.  S.  B.  Shaw. 

Committee  on  Credentials. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Foote. 
Rev.  James  Harris. 
Rev.  A.  C.  Morehouse. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Hills. 
Rev.  G.  M.  Morse. 

Committee  on  Press. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Hills. 
Rev.  W.  T.  Hogue. 
Rev.  C.  J.  Fowler. 

Committee  to  Report  Nominations. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Walker. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Kent. 
Rev.  James  Harris. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Foote. 
Rev.  Wm.  G.  Hanmer. 

Committee  on  Street  Meetings. 

Sarah  A.  Cooke. 
Beatrice  Beaseley. 

Committee  on  Finance. 

Rev.  S.  B.  Shaw. 
Rev.  John  Kelsey. 
Rev.  E.  C.  De  Jernett. 

Committee  on  Entertainment. 
Rev.  Herbert  Hunt. 
Mrs.  Etta  E.  Shaw. 
Rev.  F.  C.  Hall. 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Brown. 

Committee  on  Preparation. 
Rev.  C.  J.  Fowler,  Mass. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Hills,  Tex. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Morrison,  Ky. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


Rev.  A.  L.  Whitcomb,  111. 
Rev.  M.  L.  Haney,  111. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Pike,  Ga.  " 
Rev.  John  McD.  Kerr,  Canada. 
Rev.  P.  F.  Bresee,  Cal. 
Deacon  Geo.  M.  Morse,  Conn. 
Rev.  Isaiah  Reid,  Iowa. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Walker,  Ind. 

Committee  to  Draft  Constitution  for  Holiness  Bands 
and  Associations. 
Rev.  Alexander  McLean,  New  York. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Kent,  Illinois.  ' 
Rev.  C.  W.  Ruth,  Indiana. 

Assembly  Roll. 

Ackers,  Rev.  Hiram,  Big  Prairie,  Ohio. 
Agnew,  Rev.  T.  H.,  Virginia,  111. 
Allen,  Rev.  Jacob  R.,  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
Ailing,  Rev.  J.  H.,  Evanston,  111. 
Anderson,  Erick,  Nordness,  Iowa. 

Anderson,  Rev.  Alfred,  1345  Noble  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Applegate,  Mrs.  J.  F.,  406  W.  Illinois  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Arnold,  Rev.  T.  B.,  104  Franklin  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Atkinson,  Mrs.  J.  F.  •  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Armstrong,  Rev.  J.  B.,  Norwood,  Ga. 

Baker,  Rev.  L.  H.,  Delaware,  Ohio. 

Barnes,  Wilson,  173  Park  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Barrett,  C.  L.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Beaseley,  Mrs.  Beatrice,  Chicago,  111. 

Beebe,  J.  W.,  811  University  Place,  Evanston,  111. 

Behner,  Rev.  Geo.,  St.  Charles,  111. 

Benkert,  Rev.  Wm.,  1912  Main  St.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Birdsall,  Miss  Fannie,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Boyce,  Mrs.  C.  B.,  Office  of  Christian  Witness,  Chicago,  111. 

Boyer,  Rev.  J.  W.,  Coloma,  Mich. 

Bradley.  Rev.  C.  L.,  Cohoctah,  Mich. 

Brengle,  Brigadier  S.  L.,  New  York  City. 

Brookmiller,  Rev.  F.  H.,  Red  Oak,  Iowa. 

Brooks,  Jonas,  Des  Moines,  lovra. 

Brooks,  Rev.  John  P.,  Fort  Scott,  Kansas. 

Brown,  Rev.  B.  J.,  3343  State  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brown,  Delia,  523  Lord  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Brushingham.  Rev.  J.  P..  108  Washington  St.  Chicago,  111. 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Geo..  Riverdale,  Mich. 

Buck,  Rev.  Geo.  R..  Bloomington,  111. 

Buck,  Mrs.  R.  C,  Bloomington,  111. 

Buck,  Miss  Mary  L.,  Bloomington,  111. 

Burleson.  A.  E.,  526  66  Place,  Chicago,  III. 

Blanchard,  Henry  C,  Boscobel,  Wis. 
Burpee,  Laura,  Woodstock,  N.  B, 


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Cadwell,  Rev.  J.  R.,  1093  West  Grace  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Cain,  C.  N.,  Cerrogordo,  111. 
Casper,  Rev.  C.  C,  Salem,  Wis.  ^ 
Clark,  Mrs.  M.  B.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

Cleworth,  Rev.  C.  D.,  Wabash  Ave.  and  14th  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Cook,  Rev.  D.  W.,  Lebanon,  S.  Dakota. 

Cook,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.,  22  Aberdeen  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Crabbs.  Mrs.  V.  E.  Shenandoah,  Iowa. 

Collinge,  Rev.  J.  A.,  East  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Crampton,  Mrs.  Mary,  Evanston,  111. 

Coleman,  Rev.  J.  J.,  Bryant,  Ind. 

Colby,  Mrs.  J.  S.,  Storey,  Wis. 

Day,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  1232  W.  Addison  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

De  Foe,  Rev.  M.,  Hartford,  Mich. 

De  Foe,  Mrs.  M.,  Hartford,  Mich. 

De  Jernett,  Rev.  E.  C,  Greenville,  Texas. 

Dempster,  Rev.  Joseph,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Donovan,  j.  L.,  Chicago,  111. 

Doty,  Rev.  T.  K.,  36  Lowell  St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Dudman,  Mrs.  Charlotte,  1475  W.  Congress  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Duryea,  Rev.  C  M.,  355  Harrison  St.,  Holland,  Mich. 

Dustman,  Rev.  J.  M.,  Urbana,  Ind. 

Eclenger,  Mary  E.,  Demotte,  Ind. 

Edwards,  Rev.  Wm.,  Paxton,  111. 

Entorf,  Rev.  S.  T.,  Naperville,  111. 

Evans,  Rev.  W.  T.,  Concord,  111. 

Felmlee,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  265  Park  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Ferris,  A.  L.,  Paxton,  111. 

Flower,  Rev.  J.  H.,  Greenville,  111. 

Floyd,  H.  R.,  Saugatuck,  Mich. 

Foote,  Rev.  J.  B.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Fowler,  Rev.  C.  J.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Funk,  Rev.  H.  W.,  Danville,  111. 

Gilbert,  Mrs.  A.  T.,  Chicago,  111. 

Goff,  W.  Roy,  Evanston,  111. 

Goodman,  E.,  276  E.  North  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Grentzenberg,  Rev.  H.,  Kinsey  Place,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Hall,  Rev.  F.  C,  Fryburg,  Maine. 

Haney,  Rev.  M.  L.,  Normal,  111. 

Hanmer,  Rev.  W.  G.,  2010  Darrow  St.,  Evanston,  111. 

Harris,  Rev.  J.  M.,  Evanston,  111. 

Harris,*  Mrs,  M.  J.,  Evanston,  111. 

Harris,  James,  Guelph,  Ontario. 

Hayes,  Rev.  D.  A.,  Evanston,  111. 

Hewitt,  Rev.  S.  M.,  Tallula,  111. 

Hewitt,  Mrs.  S.  M.,  Tallula,  111. 

Hills,  Rev.  A.  M.,  Greenville,  Texas. 

Hogue,  Rev.  W.  T.,  14  N.  May  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Hughes,  Rev.  George.,  Orange,  N.  Y. 

Hunt,  Rev.  Herbert,  1678  Flournoy  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Hurlock,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Cleburne,  Texas, 


HOLIN£:SS  ASSEMBLY. 


Hodgkins,  Mrs.  A.  J. 

Jacobs,  A,,  5817  Emerald  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Jacobs,  Mrs.  F.  A.,  5817  Emerald  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Jernigan,  Rev.  C.  B.,  Greenville,  Texas. 

Jones,  Rev.  H.  L.,  Wild  Cherry,  Ark. 

Kean,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  1815  Chicago  Ave.,  Evanston,  111. 

Keithly,  Mrs.  F.  M.,  4618  St.  Louis  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Kelsey,  Rev.  J.  D.,  14  Nebraska  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Kelsey,  Rev.  W.  M.,  Evanston,  111. 

Kelsey,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Evanston,  111. 

Kent,  Rev.  L.  B.,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Kerr,  Rev.  J.  McD.,  Toronto,  Ontario. 

Kirn,  Rev.  John,  Owosso,  Mich. 

Kirn,  Mrs.  Etta,  Owosso,  Mich. 

Klaus,  John  W.,  Earlville,  Iowa. 

Kletzing,  Rev.  H.  F.,  Naperville,  111. 

Lamb,  H.  C,  Dennison,  Iowa. 

Lafgren,  Rev.  A.  J.,  151  Oak  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Laird,  Samuel,  Mt.  Vernon,  111. 

Lafontaine,  Rev.  C.  V.,  Ada  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Landon,  C.  K.,  972  Adams  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lee,  John  Wesley,  Plymouth,  Ind. 

Leek,  Rev.  J.  D.,  Englewood,  Chicago,  111. 

Livingston,  Mrs.  Hattie,  500  Chestnut  St..  Des  Moines,  la. 

Loring,  Rev.  W.  T.,  Knox,  Ind. 

Love,  Mrs.  Belle,  152  S.  Wood  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lyman,  Rev.  C.  W.,  435  Carroll  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lyman,  Mrs.  C*  W.,  435  Carroll  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lyon,  Daniel  D.,  Woodbine,  Iowa. 

Marsh,  Rev.  J.  D.,  981  N.  California  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Matlack,  Rev.  J.  A.,  68  De  Kalb  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mayhew  E.,  Talona,  111. 

McClung,  Rev.  T.  M.,  Spring  Green,  Wis. 

McBride,  Rev.  H.  C,  150  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York  Citv. 

McCoy,  J.  F.,  Danville,  111. 

McFarland,  Rev.  Wm.,  Maples  Mill,  111. 

McGeary,  Rev.  J.  S.,  Greenville,  111. 

McKinnon,  Mrs.  M.  J.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

McLaughlin,  Rev.  Geo.  A.,  1109  Ayers  Ct.,  Evanston,  111. 

McLaughlin,  Mrs.  Geo.  A.,  1109  Ayers  Ct.,  Evanston,  111. 

McLean,  Rev.  Alexander,  5  Seeley  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mitchell,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  2322  N.  43d  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Millican,  Rev.  Wm„  Ross,  Washington. 

Morse,  Deacon  Geo.  M.,  Putnam,  Conn. 

Moorehouse,  Rev.  A.  C,  150  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

Morris,  B.  S.,  Derby,  Iowa. 

Morris,  Mrs.  B.  S.,  Derby,  Iowa. 

Murdick,  Rev.  P.  H.,  Clinton,  Mass. 

Musselman,  M.  H.  J.,  Wheeler,  111. 

Nelson,  Rev.  J.  O.,  214  N.  May  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Nelson  Rev.  Thomas  H.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GEXERAL 


Nelson,  Mrs.  Flora  B.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Nickel,  Rev.  F.,  7930  Chauncey  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
'Nickel,  Mrs.  F..  7930  Chauncey  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Olmstead,  Rev.  W.  B..  14  N.  May  St..  Chicago,  111. 
Palmer.  Mrs.  M.  E..  Lincoln,  Neb. 
Parry,  Rev.  A.  W..  St.  Charles,  111. 
Parker,  F.  J.,  Blue  Island.  111. 
Peck,  Col.  F.  E..  Button,  Mich. 
Peck,  Mrs.  Agnes.  Button.  Mich. 
Peck,  Mrs.  Kate,  Button,  Mich. 
Pledger,  Rev.  C.  P..  Bes  Plaines,  111. 
Reid,  Rev.  Isaiah,  Bes  Moines.  Iowa. 
Rice,  Rev.  S.,  6323  Ellis  Ave.,  Chicago.  111. 
Ridout.  Rev.  G.  W.,  Manahawkin,  N.  J. 
Roberts,  Rev.  E.  J.,  Milwaukee.  Wis. 
Roberts,  Rev.  B.  H.,  North  Chili,  New  York. 
Rothermel  M.  F..  Adaline.  111. 

Rose,  Rev.  W.  B.,  932  N.  Kedzie  Ave..  Chicago.  111. 
Rose,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  932  N.  Kedzie  Ave    Chicago,  111. 
Roedcr,  Rev  M..  Moberly,  Mo. 
Ross,  Mrs.  Fannie,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

R'lth,  Rev.  C.  W..  33  Hamilton  Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Ruth,  Mrs.  C.  W..  33  Hamilton  Ave..  Indianapolis.  Ind. 
Schirmer.  Wm.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Schuetz,  Rev.  H.,  Springfield,  111. 
Schuh,  Rev.  C.  G.,  157  Fremont  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
-     S'.huh,  Mrs.  C.  G..  157  Fremont  St.,  Chicago.  Ill 
Scott,  Rev.  C.  J.,  Nappanee,  Ind. 
Sergeant,  Rev.  A.,  Wilmington,  Bel. 

Shaw,  Rev.  S.  B.,  1306  W.  Montrose  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Shaw,  Mrs.  S.  B.,  1306  W.  Montrose  Ave..  Chicago,  111. 

Shav,  Rev  J.  B.,  116  Seelev  Ave..  Chicago.  111. 

Shearer,  C.  B.,  Blue  Island.  111. 

Shearer,  Mrs.  C.  B..  Blue  Island.  111. 

Shepard,  Rev.  W,  E.,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

Shepard,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

Showerman,  Capt.  R.  E..  Tolona.  111. 

Showerman,  Mrs.  Capt.,  Tolona,  111. 

Smead,  Nina  L.,  3438  Wabash  Ave..  Chicago,  III. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Amanda,  Harvey.  111. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Lizzie,  Woodstock,  N  B. 

Smith,  Rev.  Aura,  Seymour,  Ind.  -  I 

Smith,  Mrs.  Aura,  Seymour,  Ind.  ! 

Smith,  Jennie,  Washington,  B.  C. 

Sniff.  A.  B.,  Berby,  O. 

Snow,  Rev.  O.  L..  Peiro,  Iowa. 

Speicher.  B.  L..  Urbana,  111. 

Spruiil,  Rev.  W.  F.,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Stambaugh,  Mrs.  Emma,  Colchester,  111. 

Stevenson,  W.  F.,  Lovington,  111. 

Swahlen,  S.  J.,  Evansville,  Ind. 


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Talbot,  Thomas  B.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Taylor,  Rev.  B.  S.,  Stuart,  Iowa. 
Terrell,  Loranat.,  Albia,  Iowa. 

Traveller,  Rev.  A.  D.,  57  Washington  St.  Chicago,  111. 

Vasey,  F.  T.,  Menominee,  Wis. 

Vetchistain,  Mary,  72  74th  St.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Vincent,  Rev.  B.  J.,  Knox,  Ind. 

Vischer,  Irving  V.,  Cohon,  N.  Y. 

Walker,  Rev.  E.  F.,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Warren,  T.  F.,  Eola  (Du  Page  Co.),  111. 

Watson,  Mrs.  M.  R.,  1208  Lexington  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Wendel,  Rev.  O.,  Peiro,  Iowa. 

West,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  11  Seeley  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Wheaton,  Mrs.  E.  R,,  Tabor,  Iowa. 

Whitcomb,  Rev.  A.  L.,  1814  Ridge  Ave.,  Evanston,  111, 

Whitcomb,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  1814  Ridge  Ave.,  Evanston,  111. 

White  Mrs.  Kent,  2348  Champa  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

White,  Rev.  Levi,  11 11  Lexington  Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Whitaker,  Rev.  C.  B.,  Charlotte.  Mich. 

Whitaker,  Mrs.  C.  B.,  Charlotte,  Mich. 

Wilson,  Rev.  Isaiah,  Constantine,  Mich. 

Wilson,  Rev.  John,  Stormburg,  Iowa. 

Willing,  Rev.  H.  S.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Willing,  Mrs.  H.  S.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Wisler,  R.  L.,  New  Carlisle,  Ind. 

Winget,  Rev.  B.,  14  N.  May  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Winget,  Mrs.  B.,  14  N.  May  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Woertendyke,  Rev.  J.  H.,  Freeport,  111. 

Wortheim,  Mrs.  R.  L.,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Young,  Geo.  W.,  Epworth,  la.  * 

Young,  Mrs.  F.  R.,  Epworth,  Iowa. 

(Total  229.) 

Holiness  Assembly  General  Address. 

I.  SALUTATION. 
This  address  was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Assembly. 

The  members  of  the  Holiness  General  Assembly  in 
session  in  Chicago,  111.,  May  3-13,  1901,  unto  all 
in  every  place  who  "have  obtained  like  precious  faith 
with  us  through  the  righteousness  of  God  and  our  Savior 
Jesus  Christ.  Grace  and  peace  be  multiplied  unto  you 
through  the  knowledge  of  God  and  of  Jesus  our  Lord." 

Beloved,  we  who,  in  the  providence  of  God  are  con- 
vened in  the  second  general  or  international  assembly 
ever  held  in  this  country  in  the  interest  of  promoting 


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the  spread  of  experimental  holiness  have  neither  forgotten 
nor  failed  in  our  devotions  and  deliberations  to  bear  in 
mind  and  carry  upon  our  hearts  the  large  and  varied 
constituency  of  holy  men  and  women  scattered  through- 
out the  land  unable  to  be  with  us,  and  whom  we  have 
the  honor  to  represent.  On  behalf  of  all  such  "we  bow 
our  knees  unto  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  of 
whom  the  whole  family  in  heaven  and  earth  is  named, 
that  he  would  grant  them,  according  to  the  riches  of  his 
glory,  to  be  strengthened  with  might  by  his  Spirit  in  the 
inner  man ;  that  Christ  may  dwell  in  their  hearts  by 
faith ;  that  they,  being  rooted  and  grounded  in  love,  may 
be  able  with  all  saints  to  comprehend  what  is  the  breadth 
and  length  and  depth  and  height,  and  to  know  the  love 
of  Christ,  which  passeth  knowledge,  that  they  may  be  filled 
with  all  the  fulness  of  God.  Now  unto  him  that  is  able 
to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above  all  we  ask  or  think, 
according  to  the  power  that  now  worketh  in  us,  unto  him 
be  glory  in  the  church,  by  Christ  Jesus,  throughout  all 
ages.  Amen." 

2.*D0CTRINAL  STATEMENT. 

It  is  fitting  that  we  should,  in  our  assembled  capacity, 
not  only  send  greetings  to  the  saints  who  are  scattered 
abroad,  but  present  in  a  simple  form  a  statement  of  those 
doctrines  of  divine  grace  particularly  related  to  the  ex- 
perience and  life  of  holiness  on  which  we  are  agreed. 

Concerning  what  are  commonly  regarded  as  the 
fundamental  doctrines  of  revealed  religion,  we  wish  to  de- 
clare ourselves  in  full  and  hearty  accord  with  the  views 
which  are  held  in  common  by  all  evangelical  churches. 
Touching  those  doctrines  which  we  consider  more  immedi- 
ately and  vitally  related  to  experimental  and  practical 
holiness,  the  following  is  a  brief  summary  of  what  we 
regard  as  scriptural  and  essential: 


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1.  Repentance,  which  is  the  sinner's  first  step  toward 
God,  consists  in  such  a  sorrow  for  sin,  arising  from  a 
divinely  wrought  conviction  of  its  exceeding  sinfulness, 
as  leads  to  its  hearty  confession,  entire  abandonment,  and 
a  turning  to  God  with  purpose  of  heart,  through  Jesus 
Christ,  for  salvation ;  all  of  which  will  ever  be  mani- 
fested in  bringing  forth  fruits  meet  for  repentant  state, 
particularly  in  the  direction  of  restitution  and  repara- 
tion for  wrong  done  to  one's  fellow  men,  wherever  prac- 
ticable. 

2.  Conversion,  in  its  comprehensive  scriptural  sense, 
includes  (a)  justification,  which  is  that  relation  of  ac- 
ceptance before  God  into  which  the  repentant  sinner,  on 
the  sole  condition  of  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  is  introduced 
by  the  Holy  Spirit,  including  the  pardon  of  sin — a  re- 
mission so  full  and  free  that  all  past  transgressions  are, 
by  this  act  of  divine  mercy,  blotted  out,  and  the  individ- 
ual, notwithsitanding  all  his  former  sinfulness  and  guilt,  is 
accounted  as  righteous  before  God.  (b)  That  regenerat- 
ing work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  upon  the  heart  of  the  be- 
liever whereby  he  is  morally  and  spiritually  so  quickened 
and  renewed  in  the  spirit  of  his  mind  that  he  is  said  in 
Scripture  language  to  have  "passed  out  of  death  into 
life,"  to  have  been  "born  again,"  "born  of  the  Spirit,'* 
"born  from  above."  (c)  Adoption  into  the  family  of  God, 
and  consequent  joint  heirship  with  Jesus  Christ;  the  fact 
of  pardon  and  adoption  being  witnessed  directly  to  his 
consciousness  by  "the  Spirit  of  adoption  whereby  we  cry, 
Abba,  Father." 

3.  Entire  Sanctification,  more  commonly  designated 
as  "sanctification,"  "holiness,"  "Christian  perfection,"  or 
"perfect  love,"  represents  that  second  definite  stage  in 
Christian  experience  wherein,  by  the  baptism  with  the  Holy 
Spirit,  administered  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  received  instanta- 


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eously  by  faith,  the  justified  believer  is  delivered  from  in- 
bred sin,  and  consequently  is  saved  from  all  unholy  tempers, 
cleansed  from  all  moral  defilement,  made  perfect  in  love 
and  introduced  into  full  and  abiding  fellowship  with  God. 
The  sole  condition  of  its  attainment  is  that  of  appro- 
priating faith  in  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  as  efficacious  for 
present,  complete  and  abiding  purification  from  sin  ;  but 
this  faith  is  preceded  by  a  special,  definite,  comprehen- 
sive and  detailed  dedication  of  the  individual  to  God  in 
all  the  added  light  accompanying  his  conviction  for  the 
advanced  and  deeper  work  of  grace. 

In  our  apprehension  and  reception  of  them,  regenera- 
tion and  sanctification  are  DISTINCT,  though  related, 
works  of  grace.  Both  are  included  in  the  one  covenant 
of  grace  into  which  God  has  mercifully  been  pleased  to 
enter  with  all  his  children.  They  are  so  closely  related, 
as  stages  in  the  working  out  of  our  personal  salvation, 
that  it  should  never  be  considered  necessary  for  any 
particular  length  of  time  to  elapse  between  the  two  ex- 
periences. On  the  contrary,  young  converts  should  be 
encouraged  at  once  to  seek  the  sai^^ctifying  baptism  of 
the  Spirit  as  the  blood-bought  heritage  of  all  believers. 
To  reaffirm  the  utterances  of  the  Holiness  Assembly  of 
1886  on  this  point,  ''We  record  it  as  our  conviction,  that 
only  those  who  are  walking  in  the  clear  light  of  justifica- 
tion are  prepared  to  seek  entire  sanctification.  If,  through 
unfaithfulness,  any  have  lost  the  witness  of  their  per- 
sonal acceptance  with  God,  their  first  work  is  to  seek  the 
restoration  of  their  forfeited  inheritance ;  and  when  this 
is  regained  they  may  intelligently  and  successfully  ad- 
vance to  the  second  stage." 

4.  We  deem  it  fitting  that  we  should  declare  our 
unqualified  and  hearty  belief  in  the  personal  return  of 
the  I^ord  Jesus  Christ  for  the  final  redemption  of  his 


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saints  as  one  of  the  strongest  Scriptural  incentives  to 
holy  living  and  to  zealous  and  aggressive  evangelism,  and 
also  as  the  very  **pole-star  of  hope"  to  the  church  of 
God  in  all  ages. 

5.  We  wish  to  declare  it  as  our  belief  that  the  sick 
may  be  healed  through  the  prayer  of  faith,  and  that  if 
God's  people  generally  would  measure  up  to  the  New 
Testament  requirement  in  the  matter  of  holy  living,  in 
eluding  particularly  the  matter  of  consecrating  their  bodies 
to  the  Lord,  marvelous  instances  of  divine  healing  would 
be  far  more  numerous  than  they  now  are,  God  would 
be  better  glorified  and  the  general  testimony  of  the  churcli 
would  be  much  more  effective  upon  the  outside  world. 

6.  While  devoutly  believing  in  sanctification  as  set 
forth  in  the  foregoing  statement,  and  that  its  obtain- 
ment  and  realization  are  essential  to  fulness  of  Chris- 
tian character  and  life,  we  rejoice  that  great  interest 
is  being  awakened  in  recent  inquiries  and  movements 
contemplating  the  deepening  and  spiritualization  of  Chris.- 
tian  life  and  experience  among  God's  people  by  the  fuller 
recognition  and  reception  of  the  Holy  Spirit ;  though  we 
greatly  regret  the  failure  on  the  part  of  many  to  dis- 
cover that,  only  as  we  become  sanctified  by  the  Holv 
Spirit,  can  he  make  us  spiritual  and  practically  holy :  as 
also  the  disposition  on  the  part  of  some  earnest  and 
worthy  teachers,  in  connection  with  these  movements,  to 
discredit  the  doctrine  and  deny  the  fact  of  present  deliver- 
ance from  sin  through  faith  in  Christ  our  Sanctifying 
Savior.  We  also  deem  it  important  to  say  that  much 
that  is  set  before  us,  especially  in  the  Epistles,  as  for 
us  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  to  be  given  us  through  the  per- 
sonal ministry  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  will  be  unknown  in 
experience  so  long  as  we  fail  of  being  saved  from  sin, 
or  sanctified;  while  all  of  the  highest  and  best  things 


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of  spiritual  experience  may  be  realized  by  those  who 
are  fully  saved. 

3.  WITNESSING. 

*'Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord."  It  is  the 
bounden  duty  of  all  who  are  made  partakers  of  the  sav- 
ing grace  of  God  in  any  degree  to  witness  modestly  and 
unassumingly  to  the  same.  The  testimony  of  the  church 
is  second  only,  if  second  at  all,  to  the  preaching  of  the 
word,  as  a  means  of  promoting  the  work  of  God.  Testi- 
mony to  entire  sanctification  should  be  clear,  and  definite, 
but  never  boastful  or  irreverent.  It  is  important  that  we 
keep  to  the  use  of  scriptural  terms  in  such  witnessing  as 
much  as  possible.  Our  testimony  should  always  exalt 
Christ  and  abase  self;  and,  though  courageously  borne, 
should  be  borne  in  such  a  spirit  of  humility,  reverence, 
and  tender  charity  for  others  as  to  carry  to  all  who  hear,the 
conviction  that  we  magnify  not  self  but  Christ,  and 'that  our 
spirit  accords  with  our  utterances.  Withholding  testimony 
to  sanctifying  grace,  when  once  that  experience  has  been 
wrought  in  the  soul,  is  almost  sure  to  be  followed  by  spir- 
itual darkness  and  relapse. 

4.     HOLY  LIVING. 

True  holiness  is  eminently  practical.  Wherever  experi- 
enced it  will  hallow  every  action  and  relation  of  the  life. 
"As  he  who  hath  called  you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  also  yourself 
holy  in  all  manner  of  living."  If  we  are  truly  holy,  it  will 
be  manifest  by  separation  from  the  world ;  by  heeding  the 
injunction  which  says,  "be  not  conformed  to  this  world 
by  abstaining  from  all  appearance  of  evil ;  by  a  life  of  daily 
self-denial  and  cross-bearing  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Je- 
sus ;  by  keeping  aloof  from  all  worldly  alliances,  and  par- 
ticularly in  abstaining  from  connection  with  oath-bound 
secret  orders ;  by  eschewing  all  unseemly  and  injurioas 
habits,  such  as  the  use  of  intoxicants,  tobacco  and  opium; 


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by  modesty  and  simplicity  in  dress,  conforming  to  the  apos- 
tolic injunction,  twice  repeated  in  the  New  Testament, 
which  prohibits  the  adornment  of  the  body  with  "gold  and 
pearls  and  costly  array;"  and,  finally,  by  heeding  the  scrip- 
ture injunction,  ''Whether  therefore  ye  eat  or  drink,  or 
whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God." 

The  lives  of  all  who  profess  to  have  been  sanctified 
wholly  should  be  especially  modeled  after  the  Sermon 
on  the  Mount,  the  twelfth  chapter  of  Romans  and  the  thir- 
teenth chapter  of  First  Corinthians.  Moreover,  every 
wholly  sanctified  life  should  constantly  eminently  manifest 
*'the  fruit  of  the  Spirit,"  which  is  ''love,  joy,  peace,  long- 
suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temper- 
ance, against  which  there  is  no  law."  Above  everything 
else  sanctified  men  and  women  should  "put  on  love,  which 
is  the  bond  of  perfectness." 

5.  CHURCH  FELLOWSHIP. 
In  respect  to  the  matter  of  church  fellowship  we  ob- 
serve that  the  church  is  the  institution  of  Christ,  having 
many  members  in  one  body,  himself  being  the  living  Head. 
He  has  redeemed  it  with  his  blood,  and  engraven  it  upon 
the  palms  of  his  hands.  Membership  therein  is  a  precious 
privilege,  and  always  to  be  highly  esteemed.  Wherever 
practical,  every  saved  man  and  woman  should  be  connected 
with  some  church.  Holiness  is  not  a  disintegrating,  but 
a  conserving  force ;  it  is  not  intended  to  tear  down,  but 
to  build  up.  Hence,  professors  of  holiness  are  not  ex- 
cusable in  voluntarily  surrendering  their  church  privi- 
leges for  trivial  causes.  But,  if  oppressive  hands  be  laid 
upon  them  in  any  case  by  church  authority,  solely  for  pro- 
fessing holiness,  or  for  being  identified  with  the  work  of 
holiness,  depriving  them  of  the  privileges  of  Christian  com- 
munion or  public  testimony  and  servijpe,  they  should  then, 
in  whatever  way  seems  best,  so  adjust  themselves  to  cir- 


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in  the  service  of  Christ.  Should  humble  fidelity  to  the 
cause  of  holiness  make  them  the  objects  of  persecution  on 
the  part  of  church  authorities  and  cause  their  expulsion 
from  church  fellowship,  or,  should  conditions  in  the  church 
become  such  as  to  necessitate  voluntary  severance  of  the 
relation  in  order  to  the  maintenance  of  a  good  conscience, 
they  should  be  regarded  with  charity,  treated  with  tender- 
ness and  consideration,  and  not  disfellowshiped  by  the  holi- 
ness brethren  or  branded  with  epithets  of  an  unpleasant 
and  reproachful  character.  Our  advice  to  such  would  be 
in  all  cases  to  seek  affiliation  as  early  as  possible  with  some 
organized  body  of  Christian  people  who  believe  in  and  are 
committed  to  the  holiness  work.  We  declare  it  to  be  our 
purpose  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  to  maintain  the  "unity 
of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace,''  hoping  through  this 
wide-spread  revival  of  Bible  holiness  ultimately  to  lay  a 
molding  hand  upon  the  great  body  of  Christian  people  and 
bring  the  church  at  large  to  the  realization  of  the  New 
Testament  ideal  of  ''a  glorious  church,  not  having  spot,  or 
wrinkle,  or  any  such  thing,  but  that  it  should  be  holy  and 
without  blemish." 

6.  CO-OPERATION. 
Inasmuch  as  holiness  or  Christian  perfection  is  a  unit 
ing  and  cementing  principle,  designed  to  bring  all  believers 
into  the  unity  of  the  faith,  holiness  people  the  world  over 
should  be  one  in  faith  and  heart,  and  also  in  endeavoring  to 
spread  scriptural  holiness  over  the  land.  Of  all  people  in 
the  world  they,  more  than  any  others,  should  study  the 
things  that  make  for  peace,  and  things  whereby  they  may 
be  mutually  edified  and  made  strong  and  fruitful  for  the 
Master's  service.  Though  their  work  may  be  within  the 
various  churches,  associations  and  organizations,  yet 
neither  ecclesiastical  nor  geographical  limits  should  ever 
cumstances  as  to  se'cure  for  themselves  the  continued  en- 


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joymcnt  of  the  ordinances  of  our  holy  rehgion  and  freedom 
be  barriers  in  the  way  of  their  hearty  and  constant  co- 
operation in  the  work  of  God. 

While  there  are  subordinate  points  of  doctrine  and 
particular  forms  and  usages  in  respect  to  which  holiness 
people,  as  the  representatives  of  dif¥erent  churches,  asso- 
ciations and  organizations,  may  differ,  we  would  earnestly 
counsel  that  these  should  in  no  instance  be  allowed  to  be- 
come matters  of  contention,  or  barriers  to  fehowship  and 
co-operative  efforts  to  promote  the  holiness  work.  In 
matters  of  lesser  importance  about  which  we  may  differ, 
and  particularly  in  matters  on  which  the  churches  of  Christ 
in  general  have  declared  no  dogma  and  equally  good  men 
hold  divergent  views,  let  us  not  contend  with  each  other, 
but  agree  to  think  and  let  think,  to  ''love  as  brethren,"  and 
to  concentrate  all  our  forces  in  one  united,  grand  and  un- 
ceasing endeavor  to  storm  and  overthrow  the  strongholds 
of  sin,  and  the  devil,  and  to  promulgate  the  gospel  of  free 
and  full  salvation  rapidly  through  all  the  earth  for  a  testi- 
ntony,  that  so  the  way  may  be  prepared  for  the  actual  and 
full  realization  of  the  end  we  pray  for  in  the  petition,  "Thy 
kingdom  come ;  thy  will  be  done,  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven." 

7.     QUESTIONABLE  EXPEDIENTS. 

We  sincerely  deprecate  the  modern  questionable  ex- 
pedients extensively  resorted  to  in  the  churches  of  to-day 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  money,  and  as  entertainments 
with  which  to  draw  and  hold  the  masses,  particularly  the 
young.  We  regard  the  holding  of  fairs,  festivals,  dramatic 
and  other  worldly  entertainments  for  either  of  the  forego- 
ing purposes  as  inexcusable  profanations  of  God's  cause 
and  a  reproach  to  our  holy  Christianity.  Holy  people 
should  not  only  refrain  from  connection  with  all  such  ques- 
tionable expedients  for  carrying  on  the  work  of  God,  but 


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should  unitedly  and  strongly  bear  their  testimony  against 
the  same.  While  taking  this  stand,  however,  consistency 
would  require  that  of  all  men  those  professing  holiness 
and  enlisted  in  the  work  of  its  promotion  should  be  illus- 
trious examples  of  Xew  Testament  consecration  and  lib- 
erality in  respect  to  supporting  the  work  of  God.  and  par- 
ticularly in  contributing  to  the  work  of  definitely  promot- 
ing the  experience  and  practice  of  Bible  holiness.  While 
abounding  in  faith,  in  love,  in  zeal,  and  in  patience,  let  us 
.diligentlv  see  to  it  that  we  ''abound  in  this  grace  also/' 

There  are  necessary  pecuniary  expenses  connected 
with  the  work  of  spreading  holiness,  and  this  matter  we 
recommend  to  the  earnest  and  prayerful  consideration  of 
the  holiness  people,  praying  that  God  may  put  it  into  their 
hearts  to  devise  liberal  things. 

With  regard  to  the  support  of  the  ministry,  the  scrip- 
tures declare  that  the  "workman  is  worthy  of  his  hire;" 
and,  while  we  would  deprecate  in  the  evangelist,  as  in  the 
pastor  and  layman,  a  spirit  of  covetousness  as  utterly  in- 
consistent with  true  holiness,  we  earnestly  recommend  that 
God's  people  provide  for  those  who  sen-e  them  in  the  gos- 
pel that  financial  support  which  their  needs  may  demand. 
8.     HOLINESS  LITERATURE. 

Concerning  the  subject  of  holiness  literature,  we  can 
do  no  better  than  to  reaffirm  substantially  the  utterances 
of  the  holiness  assembly  of  fifteen  years  ago,  as  follows : 
"The  times  imperatively  demand  a  wide  circulation  of 
holiness  literature  in  the  form  of  books,  tracts  and  period- 
icals :  but  our  periodicals  should  not  be  imprudently  multi- 
plied. Friends  of  holiness  having  their  Lord's  money  in 
their  keeping  should  contribute  liberally  for  the  circula- 
tion of  books  and  periodicals,  so  that  none  of  these  inter- 
ests shall  languish.  And  to  this  end,  those  who  are  now 
conducting  the  periodicals  should  adhere  closely  to  the 


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thirteenth  chapter  of  First  Corinthians,  excluding  unchar- 
itable controversy  and  unbrotherly  per.^onal  references ; 
seeking  to  build  up  their  readers  in  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  And  we  further  advise  the 
exclusion  of  all  advertisements  which  do  not  accord  with 
holiness." 

9.     COAIMITTTEE  OF  CORRESPONDENCE. 

In  our  judgment  it  is  desirable  that  a  committee  of 
nine  be  appointed,  to  be  composed  of  representatives  of 
the  holiness  work  in  various  sections  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  General  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence,  to  confer  with  reference  to  the 
holding  of  another  Holiness  General  Assembly,  and  to 
call  and  arrange  for  such  a  gathering  in  the  year  1902, 
at  such  place  as  they  shall  deem  expedient. 

WILSON  T.  HOGUE, 
A.  M.  HILLS, 
E.  F.  WALKER, 
HIRAM  ACKERS, 
M.  L.  HANEY, 
L.  B.  KENT, 
W.  E.  SHEPARD. 
Report  of  Committee  on  Permanent 
Methods. 

Whereas,  we  have  a  great  number  of  holiness  peo- 
ple scattered  throughout  this  and  various  holiness  or- 
ganizations, and,  knowing  that  in  unity  there  is  strength, 
your  committee  deem  it  would  please  God  to  have  one 
general  association  for  the  promotion  of  holiness,  embrac- 
ing all  our  people  and  organizations  for  more  aggressive 
work  and  better  conserving  the  work  already  accom- 
plished; therefore, 

Resolved,  First:  That,  since  the  divine  approval 


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lias  so  manifestly  rested  on  this  Assembly,  we  recom- 
mend its  continuance  with  its  present  officers,  and 
that  we  look  forward  to  another  Assembly  in  the  year 
1902,  at  which  a  permanent  General  Association  for  the 
promotion  of  holiness  may  be  perfected,  which  may  include 
this  Assembly  and  all  holiness  organizations. 

Resolved,  Second :  That  this  Assembly  now  create 
a  committee  of  seven  members,  one  of  which  shall  be  the 
President  of  this  Assembly,  to  be  called  The  Commit- 
tee on  Preparation,  which  shall  confer  with  other  or- 
ganizations for  the  promotion  of  holiness,  in  the  interest 
of  the  above  general  affiliations,  and  which  shall  make 
the  necessary  preparations  for  the  meeting  of  the  Assem- 
bly in  1902. 

Resolved,  Third :  That  all  holiness  people  and  all 
holiness  bodies  be  invited  and  urged  to  attend  individ- 
ually, or  by  delegation,  the  Assembly  provided  for  in  the 
above  resolution. 

A.  McLean,  Chairman. 
T.  H.  Agnew,  Secretary. 

The  committee  provided  for  in  the  above  report  was 
afterward  enlarged  and  the  following  brethren  elected  as 
the  Committee  on  Preparation  to  arrange  for  the  next 
'  Assembly. 

Rev.  C.  J.  Fowler,  Mass. 
Rev.  A.  M.  Hills,  Texas. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Morrison,  Ky. 
Rev-  A.  L.  Whitcomb,  111. 
Rev.  M.  L.  Haney,  111. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Pike,  Ga. 
Rev.  John  McD.  Kerr,  Can, 
Rev.  P.  F.  Bresee,  Cal. 
Deacon  Geo.  M.  Morse,  Conn. 
Rev.  Isaiah  Reid,  Iowa. 
Rev.  E.  F.  Walker,  Ind. 


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DAILY  PROCERDINQS 

Friday,  May  3. 

MORNING  SESSION. 
This  was  devoted  largely  to  an  informal  service. 
The  time  was  occupied  in  prayer,  testimony  and 
song.  Bro.  Geo.  Hughes  presided.  A  goodly  number  of 
delegates  were  already  present,  and  the  number  rapidly  in- 
creased. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 
Bro.  Geo.  Hughes,  chairman  of  the  committee  who 
issued  the  Official  Call,  called  the  meeting  to  order.  After 
devotional  exercises,  Bro.  Hughes  was  chosen  Temporary 
Chairman,  and  Bro.  G.  A.  McLaughlin,  Secretary  Pro 
Tern. 

Bro.  Hughes :  I  think  it  would  be  in  order  to  hear  a 
word  from  some  of  our  brethren.  Let  us  hear  from  our 
Texas  brother — Bro.  Hills. 

Bro.  Hills:  "I  feel  greatly  honored.  I  love  to  tell  my 
experience.  I  was  born  in  Michigan  of  parents  that  were 
Christians.  W^s  converted  at  eleven  years  of  age  and 
went  to  leading  meetings  at  sixteen.  I  became  a  stu- 
dent of  Oberlin  College  at  nineteen  and  graduated  at  twen- 
ty-three. I  felt  conviction  for  holiness,  and  sought  Bro. 
Finney  that  I  might  be  enabled  to  teach  it,  but  this  dear 
man  seemed  unfortunately  unable  to  impart  this  peculiar 
knowledge  to  others.  He  would  pray  with  nie,  but  it  didn't 
seem  to  help  me.  After  Oberlin,  I  attended  Yale  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and,  although  somewhat  shaken,  I  never 
lost  the  great  impulse  I  had  to  be  a  soul  winner.  God  gave 
me  revival  after  revival  until  I  had  led  twenty-five  hundred 
souls  to  Jesus  Christ.  My  heart  was  hungering  for  some- 
thing else  that  I  wanted,  and  didn't  know  how  to  get.  I 
thought  it  was  something  to  grow  into.    By  and  by,  after 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERIL 


two  pastorates,  lasting  sixteen  years,  God  gave  me  the 
blessed  experience  but,  because  I  preached  it,  I  was  driven 
out  of  the  charge.  I  was  crushed  and  heart-broken.  God 
shook  me  out  of  the  pastorate.  A  Doctor  of  Divinity  said : 
'You  have  had  two  short  pastorates.  God  wants  you  in 
the  evangelistic  work.'  I  said :  'If  God  can  keep  my 
family  from  starvation  in  these  panicky  days  of  '93,  I  will 
try  it.'  Right  where  the  blessed  Finney  preached,  and 
where  I  had  sung  in  the  choir,  I  had  two  hundred  con- 
versions. The  most  blessed  thing  about  it  was  the  fact 
that  I  was  trying  to  preach  holiness,  and  a  little,  despised, 
holiness  man  came  and  prayed  for  me.  I  was  preach- 
ing fifteen  times  a  week,  meanwhile  reading  everything 
in  the  way  of  holiness  literature,  for  sixteen  long  months. 
I  began  to  see  how  people  got  it,  and  I  said  if  God  ever 
gave  me  that  blessing  I  would  write  a  book  and  make  it 
plain.  That  was  the  inspiration  of  my  book,  'Holiness 
and  Power,'  which  a  good  Methodist  Bishop  was  kind 
enough  to  recommend  to  his  conference  in  Texas.  I 
thought  it  was  a  very  gracious  thing  for  a  Methodist  to 
do  with  a  Congregational  book.  God  has  perpiitted  me 
to  write  four  books,  given  me  four  thousand  souls,  helped' 
me  to  teach  three  years  in  a  theological  seminary,  and 
in  another  college  one  year." 

Bro.  Hughes :  "Let  us  hear  from  the  East,  where  the 
sun  rises, — from  Deacon  Morse  of  New  York." 

Bro.  GeO;  M.  Morse:  "Praise  the  Lord!  I  am  glad 
to  be  here.  I  want  to  say  the  blood  cleanses  me  from  all 
sin.  I  have  come  out  from  everything  the  devil  has  of 
every  character.  I  am  clean  along  those  lines.  I  started  in 
a  Baptist  Church,  forty-two  years  ago.  I  am  at  peace 
with  all  men.  I  have  nothing  against  anybody.  I  don't 
have  to  go  across  the  street  to  get  away  from  my  enemies. 
I  want  to  say  that  I  have  to  keep  trusting  in  the  name  of 


GEORGE  QUINAN, 
Redlands,  Calif. 


J.  O.  NELSON, 
Chicago,  111. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY, 


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Jesus.  I  ought  to  have  done  better  in  view  of  what  Jesus 
has  done  for  me.  He  that  is  least  shall  be  the  greatest, 
and  it  yet  remains  to  be  seen  what  God  will  do  in  Chicago 
and  New  York  with  the  people.  It  may  be  that  the  devil 
will  tempt  some  of  you  big  preachers  to  put  yourselves 
on  exhibition.  Let  us  keep  low  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  and 
keep  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  I  am  here  to  spend  and 
be  spent.  I  expect  to  see  souls  saved  in  Chicago.  This 
morning,  when  I  arose  I  had  to  begin  preaching  Christ 
to  the  waiters  and  bell  boys." 

Bro.  Hughes:  We  will  now  hear  from  the  North, 
from  Bro.  Harris  of  Canada,  one  of  the  old  time  workers. 

Bro.  James  Harris :  "For  50  years  I  have  been  a  stan- 
dard-bearer for  Christ.  Looking  through  Leslie's  biog- 
raphy, I  see  that  he  was  baptized  by  Wesley.  Leslie  took 
me  in  his  arms  and  baptized  me,  and  I  have  always  been 
a  disciple  of  the  Wesleyan  kind  of  holiness.  There  I 
stand  to-day  by  the  blessing  of  God,  and  I  am  ready  to 
do  anything  to  further  the  cause  of  God." 

Bro.  J.  B.  Foote  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.:  "I  think  we 
ought  to  constitute  ourselves  a  committee  of  the  whole 
to  go  into  the  homes,  the  shops  and  offices,  or  wherever 
we  go,  and  do  something  for  the  furtherance  of  God's 
work.  The  beginning  of  one  of  the  greatest  national  camp 
meetings  was  at  the  dinner  table.  It  has  been  said  in  the 
past  and  is  being  said  yet  that  holiness  people  don't  care 
for  sinners.  We  want  to  convince  them  that  we  do  care  for 
sinners.  A  man  was  asked  if  he  was  saved.  He  said  'no.' 
That  was  the  first  convert  for  the  National  Camp  Meeting. 
One  spoke  to  another,  and  from  that  time  the  work  went 
on  until  five  hundred  were  converted." 

Committees  were  then  appointed  on  Music,  Mail, 
Books,  Pulpit  Supply,  Credentials,  Press,  Organization, 
and  Street  Meetings. 


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On  motion,  the  committee  on  organization  was  re- 
quested to  be  prepared  to  report  at  lo  '.30  Saturday  morn- 
ing. 

On  motion  the  Assembly  adjourned  to  meet  in  busi- 
ness session  at  10  A,  M.,  Saturday,  May  4;  it  being  under- 
stood that  this  motion  had  no  bearing  on  the  evening 
devotional  session  at  7  :30  P.  M. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

Rev.  George  Hughes  presided. — He  announced  the 
arrival  of  Bro.  P.  H.  Murdick  of  Drew  Theological  Semi- 
nary, who  had  come  as  a  representative  of  a  little  holiness 
band  of  students  in  that  institution. 

Bro.  Plughes :  I  have  been  fully  persuaded,  from  the 
time  of  the  initiation  of  this  movement,  that,  if  we  were 
to  have  victory,  it  would  be  along  the  prayer  line.  That 
is  my  solemn  conviction ;  hence,  we  have  men  and  women 
of  God  interested  in  prayer,  all  over  this  country,  for 
this  Assembly.  Thank  God !  We  have  succeeded  in  this 
matter  of  enlisting  prayer,  far  beyond  our  expectations. 
The  members  of  the  committee  have  been  praying,  every 
day  at  noon,  for  each  other.  It  occurred  to  me  that  I 
would  ask  fifty  of  the  men  and  women  that  I  knew  were 
people  who  would  pray  up  into  heaven,  to  join  with  the 
committee  at  noon,  so  there  has  been  an  outside  commit- 
tee surrounding  the  committee.  I  think  these  prayers 
have  been  heard. 

Then  it  came  to  us  to  put  forth  a  request  in  the 
April  Number  of  the  Guide  to  Holiness,  asking  for  the 
names  of  one  thousand  who  would  pray  for  this  Assem- 
bly, and  asking  all  who  would  to  send  their  replies  to  my 
residence  in  New  Jersey,  stating  that  they  would  join  in 
the  prayer  service.  From  the  time  that  was  put  out,  the 
mail  began  to  bring  answers  to  the  request.  Several  times 
a  day  the  postman  came  with  the  letters,   I  have  them  in 


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box  in  my  trunk.  Someone  said :  ''Why  don't  you  ask  for 
10,000?"  1  thought  my  faith  ought  to  have  gone  so  high. 
The  letters  keep  coming  and  I  am  receiving  them  at  my 
lodging  place. 

Then  we  have  asked  for  requests  for  prayer  to  come 
up  before  this  Assembly  for  unsaved  friends,  or  any  object 
for  which  the  writer  desires  prayer.  That  box  is  a  great 
deal  fuller. 

Now,  we  have  been  looking  around  to  find  some- 
body to  take  these  requests  for  prayer  and  put  them  on 
an  International  Prayer  Roll,  to  be  added  to  day  by  day, 
as  the  prayer  requests  come  in,  and  we  expect  them  in  still 
greater  numbers. 

It  was  Inskip  who  taught  me  to  use  the  prayer  roll 
many  years  ago,  and  I  am  making  good  use  of  it.  I  have 
1,500  prayer  requests,  that  came  in  on  other  occasions,  that 
I  wouldn't  part  with  for  anything.  I  want  you  people  to 
join  in  this  thing.  Those  4;hat  hear  me  to-night,  if  you  have 
an  unsaved  friend  that  you  want  saved,  write  the  name 
on  a  slip  of  paper  and  hand  it  in.  We  will  hold  these 
requests  up  before  the  Lord,  as  we  used  to  do  in  National 
Camp  meetings.  I  will  ask  you  all  to  stand  up  and  offer 
silent  prayer  that  God  will  bless  everyone  mentioned  in 
those  boxes. 

(The  congregation  arose  and  engaged  in  a  brief  silent 
prayer.) 

Bro.  Alexander  McLean :  ''I  am  deeply  impressed  with 
the  occasion  which  has  brought  us  together,  and  I  trust 
the  Holy  Spirit  will  so  come  upon  us  that  we  will  be  led  of 
God,  if  possible,  more  than  we  ever  were  before.  ("Amen") 
This  is  an  extraordinary  moment  for  us  and  the  people 
of  God,  generally.  I  cannot  help  but  go  back  in  my  recol- 
lection, as  I  am  here  now  for  the  first  service  of  this  conven- 
tion to  the  time  a  few  years  ago,  when  I  attended  the  early 


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sessions  of  a  Methodist  Conference  in  the  room  across 
the  hall.  If  I  speak  of  the  Methodist  denomination,  it  is 
not  because  I  am  not  in  sympathy  with  others.  God  bless 
you  all !  (''Amen !'")  One  of  the  bishops  cried  frequently; 
*\\'e  have  them,  those  who  weep.'  Bishop  Janes  was 
always  present  at  that  8  :oo  o'clock  meeting.  I  remember 
how  he  used  to  urge  the  brethren  to  come  into  the  prayer 
meeting  in  the  morning.  The  thing  that  we  need  here 
most  is  prayer.  Bishop  Clarke  was  there.  One  morning 
I  saw  him  as  he  was  lifting  up  his  heart  in  prayer.  His  eyes 
were  wet  with  tears.  I  said:  'Bless  God  I  There  is  a 
bishop  who  can  weep  as  he  prays.'  A  few  years  ago,  I  was 
in  London,  and  I  couldn't  refrain  when  standing  by  the 
grave  of  John  Wesley,  from  uncovering  my  head,  under 
the  solemn  blue  skies  and  taking  a  solemn  vow  to  labor 
to  the  end  that  we  may  have  a  race  of  holy  people,  and, 
God  being  miy  helper,  I  will  be  true  to  that  trust.  In 
beautiful  Greenwood  Cemetery,  between  the  graves  of  John 
Inskip  and  his  wife.  I  renewed  this  solemn  vow,  before 
coming  here,  to  be  true  to  holiness,  and  I  would  be  glad 
to  renew  it  to-night.  ("''Amen  I")  The  occasion  is  solemn  and 
impressive.  It  is  a  momentous  hour  for  all  of  us,  and  for 
men  and  women  of  God  all  over  the  land. — a  very  momen- 
tous hour.  And.  for  one,  I  feel  like  getting  down  on  my 
face  before  Almighty  God  and  asking  divine  help." 

Brother  Hughes :  'Xet  us  go  down  on  our  knees 
before  God.  Let  us  dismiss  all  formality  that  might  other- 
wise come  into  the  services  and  usurp  the  place  of  the 
blessed  Holy  Ghost.  Is  it  not  the  blessed  Holy  Spirit  urg- 
ing you  to  come  and  get  down  before  God?  Let  us  have 
a  melting  time.  Beloved,  God  does  not  want  you  left  out. 
Let  us  have  a  moment  of  silent  prayer." 

Silent  Prayer  was  followed  by  prayer  led  by  Bro.  A. 
McLean:  "O,  Lord,  Thy  Spirit  is  here.    Thou  art  in  our 


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hearts.  Thou  art  leading  us.  We  will  put  aside  all  possible 
formality.  Help  us  to  get  down  in  the  dust  before  Thee.. 
O,  Lord,  look  upon  us,  we  pray  Thee,  and  if  there  be  any 
disposition  to  prefer  one  to  another,  or  to  have  our  own 
way,  help  us  infinitely  to  prefer  Thy  blessed  way.  O,  God, 
search  my  heart.  Come  in  infinite  mercy  into  our  midst. 
We  want  to  be  knit  together  in  love — united  with  bonds  oi 
holy  love.  We  want,  blessed  Spirit  to  ask  God 
to  take  this  matter  in  hand  and  lead  on  and  out  for 
His  glory  and  for  His  honor.  Lord,  help  us  to 
have  the  spirit  of  John  the  Baptist,  when  he  said, 
*I  must  decrease  but  He  must  increase.'  O,  that  wc 
may  have  the  grace  to  go  down,  down,  out  of  sight  of  seli" 
and  have  Jesus  exalted.  Our  hearts  cry  out  'All  hail  the 
power  of  Jesus'  name.  Lord,  we  are  in  the  dust ;  we  desire 
to  get  very  low, — clear  out  of  sight,  but  we  must  have 
Thee  present.  We  must  have  Thy  guidance ;  we  must  have 
a  baptism  of  real,  genuine  Holy  Ghost  fire  and  power.  O, 
Lord,  banish  everything  contrary  to  Thy  will.  Whatever 
there  be  that  hinders,  help  us  to  get  rid  of  it  in  this 
place  made  memorable  in  years  gone  by.  We  are  here 
before  Thee  in  the  depths  of  our  humility  and  meekness  of 
spirit,  and  we  know  that  Thou  dost  answer  prayer.  Now 
Lord,  let  a  re-anointing  of  Thy  Spirit  come  upon  us.  Lord, 
if  we  did  nothing  but  praise  Thee,  it  is  counted  a  very 
excellent  thing.  But  we  would  have  a  growing  tide  of 
spirit  life  and  power  to  date  from  this  very  service.  Thou 
art  hearing  us  and  answering  us,  but  answer  in  thine  own 
way,  we  beseech  Thee,  and  we  will  give  Thee  the  praise 
and  glory  forever." 

Bro.  Hughes :  "Now,  friends,  I  am  going  to  turn  this 
meeting  over  entirely  to  Deacon  Morse.  I  told  him  to 
tell  his  experience, — ^what  the  Lord  has  done  for  him;  to 
take  whatever  course  he  sees  fit,  only  that  he  should  lead 


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us  into  a  battle  for  souls.  The  :i>  o:  my  heart  is  for 
souls.  We  hope  a  good  many  people  will  be  sanctified  to- 
night." 

EXPOSITION  AND  EXHORTATION  BY  DEACON 
GEORGE  M.  MORSE. 

I  thank  my  dear  brother  Hughes  for  the  honor  he 
has  given  me.  It's  a  wonder  he  shouldn't  have  selected 
some  sermonizer  or  preacher.  The  time  we  have  left  this 
evening  is  limited. 

Are  we  ready  for  the  battle  ?  Are  we  where  God  wants 
us?  Are  we  full  of  love  and  fire?  Are  we  in  it,  heart 
and  soul?  I  am  certain  that  holiness  people  can  backslide, 
and  get  in  a  state  of  lethargy,  waiting  for  Sunday  to  come, 
as  though  all  the  work  was  to  be  done  on  Sunday.  We 
have,  thank  God,  men  and  women  in  the  cause  with  tears 
running  down  their  cheeks.  O  God,  give  us  a  burning 
love  for  souls.  O,  Lord  help  us,  for  Jesus'  sake  to  get 
on  ground  where  we  will  say  it  shall  be  done.  I  tell  you 
a  great  deal  depends  upon  our  keeping  low  before  God, 
and  preaching  Jesus  beside  all  waters.  ('Xord  help  us.") 
I  don't  mean  that  we  shall  fire  too  many  random  shots 
The  Lord  is  with  those  that  fear  Him.  We  must  keep  our 
eyes  single  to  God's  glory,  and  see  to  it  that  there  is  no 
stumbling  in  us.  We  should  be  up  and  at  it,  subject  at  all 
times  to  His  beck  and  bid,  and  something  will  happen. 
Press  on  for  souls  and  somebody  will  get  converted  to  God, 
or  believers  led  into  entire  sanctification. 

We  are  living  in  a  marvelous  age.  Oh,  what  a 
great  work  for  God,  to  my  observation  and  reading,  has 
been  done  up  and  down  this  continent  and  in  England  in 
the  last  twenty-five  years.  Now,  if  we  all  look  to  God  and 
keep  in  the  spirit  of  prayer,  we  shall  see  results  in  this 
meeting. 

I  will  read,  and  perhaps  make  a  few  comments  on  the 


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47 


prayer  of  Jesus,  as  found  in  the  17th  Chapter  of  St.  John's 
Gospel. 

I  want  to  call  special  attention  to  the  17th  verse : 
"Sanctify  them  through  Thy  truth :  Thy  word  is  truth," 
and  the  19th  verse :  "And  for  their  sakes  I  sanctify  myself, 
that  they  also  might  be  sanctified  through  the  truth." 

This  prayer  as  breathed  by  our  dear  Savior  and  given 
us  in  this  chapter,  is  in  harmony  with  the  Apostle  Paul's 
prayer — (i  Thess.  v:  23),  "And  the  very  God  of  peace  sanc- 
tify you  wholly :  and  I  pray  God  your  whole  spirit,  soul  and 
body  be  preserved  blameless  unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ."  It  is  also  in  harmony  with  John  xv:  2, 
"Every  branch  that  beareth  fruit,  he  purgeth  (which  means 
sanctifieth)  it,  that  it  may  bring  forth  more  fruit."  I  met 
a  gentleman  (who  may  be  within  the  hearing  of  my  voice 
now,)  on  the  sidewalk  last  evening  who  said  he  received 
all  that  anybody  ever  receives,  at  conversion.  I  didn't 
argue  with  him.  I  don't  believe  in  too  much  argument. 
But  I  didn't  happen  to  get  sanctification  in  that  way.  I  was 
three  days  and  three  nights — seventy-two  hours  under 
the  power  c^f  Holy  Ghost  conviction,  and  God  converted 
me  through  and  through.  I  had  no  living  sacrifice  to  offer 
to  God.  I  was  dead  in  trespasses  and  sin,  and  no  good 
thing  was  in  me,  and  I  cried  to  God  for  mercy.  I  could 
neither  eat  nor  sleep.  I  was  driven  to  the  wall.  I  cried  unto 
God  to  have  mercy  upon  me  a  poor  sinner.  God  heard  my 
cry  and  regenerated  me  with  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  made  me  alive  from  the  dead.  I  then  ran 
about  everywhere,  so  to  speak,  thirty,  forty  or  sixty  miles 
from  home,  telling  everybody  what  a  dear  Savior  I  had 
found.  I  never  came  to  the  point  of  offering  a  living  sacri- 
fice to  God  for  thirteen  years.  Phoebe  Palmer  and  the 
Guide  to  Holiness  had  a  great  deal  to  do  with  my  sanctifi- 
cation.  Somehow  a  copy  of  this  magazine  came  into  my 


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hands,  and  it  gave  me  instruction  in  the  way  of  Hohness. 
Then  I  heard  Sister  Phoebe  Palmer  deliver  a  prayer  at  a 
camp  meeting  at  Martha's  Vineyard  away  back  in  '59  or 
'60,  and  I  never  got  rid  of  the  impression  that  prayer  made 
until  God  sanctified  me  wholly.  I  was  brought  up,  strange 
to  say,  under  this  character  of  instruction :  that  we  were 
sanctified  at  death,  and  that  we  were  sanctified  by  reading 
the  Bible  through  and  through,  are  sanctified  by  the  truth. 
Another  teaching  was,  that  we  were  sanctified  at  conver- 
sion and  regeneration.  The  above  was  the  character  of 
teaching  I  sat  under  for  thirteen  years  in  my  own  denom- 
ination, and  to  a  great  extent  the  above  teaching  is  very 
prevalent  to-day  among  us  as  a  denomination. 

J  saw  a  notice  of  a  three  days'  convention  for  the 
promotion  of  Holiness,  at  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Nov.  14, 
15,  and  16,  1870.  I  attended  the  meetings.  They  were 
under  the  leadership  of  W.  T.  Harlow,  a  godly  Metho- 
dist minister.  Under  his  clear  teaching  of  the  way  of  faith 
in  offering  a  living  sacrifice,  holy  and  acceptable  to  God, 
I  saw  my  privilege,  made  the  offering,  believed,  and  entered 
in,  and  God  sanctified  the  offering  and  illuminated  my  en- 
tire being,  filled  me  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  love,  and 
gave  me  a  revelation  of  the  plan  of  Salvation  such  as  I 
never  had  before,  and  from  Love's  constraining  power 
I  have  been  a  worker  for  Jesus  in  this  line  ever  since.  All 
glory  and  praise  to  His  holy  name.  We  are  living  vvit- 
nesses  to  the  fact  that  God  did,  subsequent  to  our  con- 
version, sanctify  us  wholly  to  Himself.  These  witnesses 
raised  their  hands  and  asserted  this  fact  to-night.  "I  am 
sanctified  now — wholly  sanctified"  means  the  extracting  of 
all  carnal  appetites  from  the  soul.  After  the  Lord  came 
into  my  soul,  I  had  no  want  or  appetite  for  the  things 
that  were  a  hindrance  to  my  Christian  experience.  He 
lives  in  us,  instead  of  we  trying  to  live — we  have  God's 


HOLINESS  ASSPJMBLY. 


life  come  into  us.  Jesus  lives  in  me  to-night  as  I  stand  on 
this  platform,  ,  and,  wherever  I  may  be,  I  don't  want 
anything  the  devil  has.  God  makes  me  a  free  man.  I 
have  Him  with  me  everywhere.  I  never  complain  when  it 
rains  or  blows !  This  blessed  salvation  brings  us  into  har- 
mony with  God  in  everything.  Our  time  and  talents  are 
the  Lord's,  loaned  us  for  a  season,  and  we  should  dis- 
pose of  them  according  to  His  plan.  No  good 
thing  does  He  withhold  from  a  man  that  walks  uprightly 
and  stands  by  the  truth,  honoring  God  everywhere.  Halle- 
lujah, blessed  be  His  name !  I  wouldn't  exchange  my  hold 
on  Christ  and  Christ's  hold  on  me  with  any  man,  nor  for  a 
whole  planet  like  this. 

We  have  had  a  good  time  to-day,  and  Jesus  has  sent 
His  angels  to  minister  to  my  spiritual  necessities,  and  he 
gives  me  the  approving  consciousness  of  His  Love. 

You  say:  ''I  don't  believe  in  sanctification,  or  holi- 
ness?" Then  you  don't  believe  in  the  power  of  God.  We 
have  read :  "All  power  is  given  unto  me  (Christ)  in  heaven 
and  earth,"  and,  ''Where  sin  abounded,  grace  did  much 
more  abound."  Cannot  He  that  made  the  skies  and  all 
there  is  in  them  take  sin  out  of  our  hearts  and  purge  us 
from  moral  depravity?  I  am  here  to  declare  that  He  can 
do  it  (Amen),  and  I  know  of  my  own  personal  experience 
that  He  does  it. 

Does  holiness  go  with  business?  ("It  does").  I  have 
had  God  in  my  business  for  years.  I  do  not  deal  in  any 
stocks  or  stuff  that  I  can't  ask  God's  blessing  on. 

Sometimes  the  bright  light  gets  dim  from  the  fact 
that  we  do  not  wait  on  God  or  because  of  the  trial  of  our 
faith.  At  all  'times  we  have  got  to  take  up  our  cross  and 
confess  Christ.  They  were  saved  "by  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb,  and  by  the  word  of  their  testimony." — 


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I  presume  I  have  obeyed  God  and  let  $150,000  go  in 
one  direction  and  another  for  His  glory,  and  the  advance- 
ment of  His  kingdom.  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to 
receive.  It  is  a  delight  to  give  of  one's  possessions  toward 
the  advancement  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

O,  Jesus,  help  us  to  get  the  people  under  conviction 

for  entire  sanctification.    Help  the  people  to  read  their 

Bibles.  ("Amen.") 

Glorious  victory  crowned  the  altar  service  which  followed.  It 
was  a  time  of  deep  humility  and  of  weeping  and  crying  to  God  for 
the  guidance  and  blessing  of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  the  salvation  of 
souls. 

Saturday,  May  4. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

9  :oo  A.  M.  Prayer  and  Testimony  service  led  by  Bro. 
E.  F.  Walker. 

10:00  A.  M.  Bro.  George  Hughes  presiding. 

Singing  by  the  congregation,  ''Blest  be  the  Tie  that 
Binds." 

Scripture  Lesson,  read  by  Bro.  M.  L.  Haney,  I  Cor. 

xiii. 

Prayer,  led  by  Bro.  PI.  C.  McBride :  ''Blessed  be  the 
God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which  accord- 
ing to  His  abundant  mercy  hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a 
lively  hope  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  from  the 
dead,  to  an  inheritance  incorruptible  and  undefiled,  and 
that  fadeth  not  away,  reserved  in  heaven  for  us,  who  are 
kept  by  the  power  of  God  through  faith  unto  salvation, 
ready  to  be  revealed  in  the  last  time ;  wherein  we  greatly 
rejoice, though  now  for  a  season,  if  need  be,  we  are  in  heavi- 
ness through  manifold  temptations ;  that  the  trial  of  our 
faith  being  much  more  precious  than  of  gold  that  perisheth, 
though  it  be  tried  with  fire,  might  be  found  unto  praise 
and  honor  and  glory  at  the  appearing  of  Jesus  Christ; 


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5] 


whom,  having  not  seen,  we  love;  in  Whom,  though  now 
we  see  Htm  not,  yet  beheving,  we  rejoice  with  joy  unspeak- 
able and  full  of  glory ;  receiving  the  end  of  our  faith,  even 
the  salvation  of  our  souls.  Glory !  Glory !  Glory  !  O 
Lord  !  Make  our  hearts  bigger  this  morning ;  enlarge  our 
capacity.  We  have  so  much  for  which  to  be  thankful. 
We  hardly  know  where  to  begin,  so  we  say  with  David : 
Bless  the  Lord,  O  our  souls,  and  all  that  is  within  us,  bless 
His  holy  name.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  our  souls,  and  forget 
not  all  His  benefits  :  Who  forgiveth  all  our  iniquities  ;  Who 
healeth  all  our  diseases ;  Who  redeemetli  our  lives  from 
destruction;  Who  crowneth  us  with  loving  kindness  and 
tender  mercies ;  Who  satisfieth  our  mouths  with  good 
things,  so  that  our  youth  is  renewed  like  the  eagle's.  Thou 
preparest  a  table  before  us  in  the  presence  of  our  enemies, 
even  in  these  days  of  higher  criticism,  skepticism,  worldli- 
ness,  formaHty,  and  forgetfulness  of  God.  Thou  anointest 
our  heads  with  oil ;  our  cup  runneth  over.  Glory  to  God ! 
We  know,  O  God,  that  there  is  no  room  for  the  devil  when 
our  cup  runneth  over.  There  is  therefore  now  no  con- 
demnation to  them  which  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not 
after  the  flesh  but  after  the  Spirit.  For  the  law  of  the 
Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus  hath  made  us  free  from  the 
law  of  sin  and  death ;  for  what  the  law  could  not  do  in 
that  it  was  weak  through  the  flesh,  God  sending  His  own 
Son  in  the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  and  for  sin  condemned 
sin  in  the  flesh,  that  the  righteousness  of  the  law  might  be 
fulfilled  in  us,  who  walk  not  after  the  flesh  but  after  the 
Spirit.  To  be  carnally  minded  is  death,  but  to  be  spiritually 
minded  is  life  and  peace.  For  as  many  as  are  led  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  they  are  the  sons  of  God.  Hallelujah !  Glory 
be  to  the  Father  and  glory  be  to  the  Son  and  glory  be  to 
the  Holy  Ghost.  As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and 
shall  be  for  all  eternity.    Glory  be  to  God  most  high. 


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*'We  thank  Thee  for  this  convention  ;  we  thank  Thee 
for  the  communion  of  the  saints,  and  if  our  fellowship 
below  in  Jesus  is  so  sweet,  what  heights  of  rapture  shall 
we  know  when  around  Thy  throne  we  meet. 

''Bless  those  who  have  come  here  seeking  Thy  perfect 
love ;  bless  those  who  have  come  expecting  to  reach  more 
liberty  in  Thee ;  bless  those  of  us  who  have  come  expecting 
to  be  led  out  into  the  light.  Make  this  the  greatest  occasion 
that  this  wicked  city  has  ever  seen.  Give  us  the  victory,  O 
God.  Let  somebody  step  out  into  the  light  even  during 
the  opening  of  our  preliminary  service.  Bless  our  dear 
Brother  Hughes.  We  thank  Th.ee  that  Thou  hast  pre- 
served him  so  long,  and  that  he  has  been  the  instrument 
of  blessing  to  so  many.  We  pray  not  only  for  him,  but 
that  Thou  wilt  bless  all  who  gather  here,  that  they  may 
go  home  as  flaming  fire-brands,  setting  fire  to  everything 
they  come  in  contact  with.  Lord  help  us  !  We  are  going 
to  pass  by  this  way  but  once.  Help  us  until  we  have 
preached  our  last  sermon,  sung  our  last  song  or  given 
expression  to  our  last  sigh,  and  to  Thee  we  will  ascribe 
the  honor  and  praise  forever.  Amen." 

Singing,  by  Sisters  Flora  B.  Nelson  and  Fannie 
Birdsall,  ''Some  Blessed  Day." 

OPENING  REMARKS,  BY  BRO.  GEORGE  HUGHES. 

"I  think,  if  you  will  indulge  me,  I  will  spend  a  brief 
time  in  making  a  statement  in  regard  to  the  origin  and 
purposes  of  this  Holiness  General  Asi?embly.  It  is  fitting 
for  me  to  do  so  at  this  time,  so  that  it  may  be  as  clearly 
as  possible  understood  what  we  aim  to  do  in  this  imre- 
generate  city." 

Fifteen  years  ago,  we  had  a  Holiness  General  Assem- 
bly at  Park  Avenue  M.  E.  Church,  of  which  church  the 
Rev.  Davies  was  pastor, — one  of  the  noblest  men  of  God, 


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who  has  since  passed  to  his  reward.  He  went  on  his  way 
rejoicing  to  the  eternal  throne  of  God.  We  had  a  blessed 
time  at  that  meeting-.  The  work  of  the  Lord  went  on 
gloriously.  Believers  were  sanctified  and  sinners  were  con- 
verted. It  was  a  very  gracious  and  powerful  time,  but  it 
was  a  much  smaller  gathering  than  we  have  together  at 
this  time.  At  the  close  of  that  Assembly  a  committee  of 
nine  was  chosen  to  prepare  for  another  such  gathering 
when,  in  their  judgment  and  the  indications  of  providence 
the  time  had  come  for  another  Assembly.  We  had  no 
idea  that  fifteen  years  would  roll  away  before  another 
Holiness  General  Assembly  would  come,  but  such  has  been 
the  fact.  The  Lord  put  it  on  the  hearts  of  this  committee 
that  the  time  had  come  for  another  gathering  of  His  peo- 
ple. 

Our  minds  go  back  to  those  exciting  times  when  our 
country  was  in  a  very  critical  state.  I  do  not  know  how 
others  regard  it,  but  it  seems  to  me  that  now  we  are  pass- 
ing under  a  very  serious  state  of  things,  amidst  these  epi- 
demics for  the  past  two  years  striking  our  cities,  towns  and 
villages,  and  I  have  been  amazed  that  so  little  has  been 
said  about  it,  even  in  our  religious  papers,  as  well  as  the 
secular  press.  It  seems  to  me,  that  during  the  past  winter, 
God  has  been  thundering  upon  our  country*  and  upon  the 
heads  of  the  people,  and  yet  they  have  gone  on  making 
money,  not  caring,  and  these  things  have  iiia  le  no  impres- 
sion on  the  popular  mind,  and  not  even  upon  the  church 
as  I  expected  to  see.  Then  again,  since  the  opening  of  the 
new  century,  there  has  sprung  up  in  every  denomination,  a 
great  cry  for  the  giving  of  hearts  and  souls  to  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  a  deep  interest  in  the  coming  of  His 
kingdom.  The  cry  has  come  up  from  these  hearts :  "Lord 
revive  thy  work !"  It  has  been  clearly  seen  by  those  of 
discerning  mind  that  we  must  have  a  revival  of  pentecostai 


54 


E(  flOJ:s  or  THE  (lEXERlL 


power,  and  with  all  our  churches  baptized  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  we  ought  to  take  the  world  for  Christ.  That  is  the 
Pentecostal  order.  In  reading  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles 
we  learn  that  they  were  not  permitted  to  move  until  they 
were  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and,  when  the  day  of  Pen- 
tecost came  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
the  artillery  of  Mount  Sinai  was  opened  upon  the  multi- 
tude. Kings  witnessed  it  too.  And  I  do  not  believe  the  day 
of  Pentecost  has  ever  passed.  I  think  it  is  continuing  to 
this  day.  If  we  are  assembled  along  Pentecostal  lines, 
we  have  a  right  to  expect  a  revelation  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
a  fit  opening  of  the  20th  Century, — a  w^orld-rocking  revival 
of  religion.  We  should  have  such  a  revival  that  it  will 
shake  the  very  foundations  of  earth;  an  awakening  that 
will  lead  this  whole  country  and  the  world  to  understand 
that  the  God  of  Glory  has  risen  up  out  of  His  holy  habita- 
tion. 

At  the  time  the  call  was  issued  for  this  Assembly,  an 
invitation  was  issued  to  Christian  people  of  all  denomina- 
tions to  come  together  and  wait  upon  God.  We  need  to  do 
a  great  deal  of  waiting  upon  God.  We  need  to  get  down 
before  Him  as  we  did  yesterday  afternoon,  in  the  depths  of 
our  souls, — deeper,  deeper,  deeper  yet !  I  tell  you,  if  we  can 
get  this  whole  Assembly  down  on  their  knees  and  cry  out 
for  the  manifestation  of  the  Spirit,  it  will  surely  come,  and 
the  glory  of  the  Lord  will  be  revealed  among  us.  ("Amen"). 

Henry  Belden,  one  of  the  noblest  men  along  holiness 
lines  once  said.  That  when  the  woman  of  Samaria  asked 
Jesus  for  a  drink  of  living  water.  He  not  only  gave  it  her 
but  He  let  her  take  the  well  with  her.  We  ought  to  have 
that  well  within  us  distributing  water  all  over  the  land. 
(Amen).  For  my  part,  I  am  disposed  to  go  down  just  as 
far  as  the  Holy  Ghost  will  lead  me.  I  want  the  Holy 
Gliost  to  lead  me,  and  give  me  understanding.    I  believe  it 


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is  possible,  brethren,  to  have  the  very  windows  of  Heaven 
opened,  and  that  there  may  come  down  on  this  company 
of  Christian  people  a  marvelous  enduement  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  making  everyone  a  charged  battery, — a  mighty 
agency  of  God  to  the  pulling  down  of  the  stronghold  of 
the  devil.  Do  you  say  "Amen"  to  that?  (Cries  of  "Amen," 
and  "Hallelujah,"  from  all  over  the  house.)  We  have 
the  first  installment  here  already,  but  it  will  be  better  as  we 
go  along,  and  the  coming  days  of  this  Assembly  will  be 
marvelous  days  that  will  pass  into  Christian  history. 

I  believe  it  is  possible  for  these  holiness  forces  here 
to  be  brought  nearer  together,  knit  with  love  and  Christ- 
like bonds,  and  riveted  by  the  Holy  Ghost  so  that  we  may 
go  out  in  unity  to  do  His  work.  We  want  the  evil  forces 
in  this  world  to  be  afraid  of  us.  We  want  this  Assembly 
to  give  notice  to  the  legions  of  the  devil  that  we  are  going 
forth  under  the  banner  of  Emmanuel,  from  the  north  and 
the  south,  from  the  east  and  the  west  to  do  battle  for 
God.  (Amen.) 

We  need  so  to  be  filled  with  the  spirit  of  love  that  we 
will  neither  think  evil  nor  speak  evil ;  that  we  will  be  ready 
to  endure  all  things  for  Christ  and  to  sufifer  whatever 
comes  upon  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Let 
the  test  of  our  fellowship  one  with  another  be  not  whether 
we  are  Baptists,  Presbyterians,  Congregationalists,  or 
members  of  some  other  denomination,  but  rather.  Have  we 
the  love  of  Christ  in  our  hearts?  and  to  all  such  I  want 
to  give  my  hand  and  bid  you  God-speed.  I  want  every 
heart  and  soul  in  this  Assembly  to  have  the  13th  Chapter 
of  I  Corinthians  burned  into  them,  that  you  may  be  so 
filled  with  love  that  it  will  go  leaping  out  to  the  humblest 
man,  woman  and  child  of  Chicago.  ("Amen").  O,  my 
God,  by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  put  in  the  heart  of 
George  Hughes  and  everyone  of  us  love,  with  humility 
^along-side  of  it. 


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Another  thing  is  meekness.  O,  may  there  no  harsli 
words  come  ont  of  our  mouths.  Fill  us  with  gentleness, 
meekness,  long-suffering,  brotherly  kindness  and  love  to- 
ward all.  ("Amen"). 

I  tell  you,  it  is  high  time  that  the  people  of  God  got 
the  shaking  power,  just  as  in  the  day  of  Pentecost.  They 
prayed  and  the  place  was  shaken.  Let  this  be  a  great  com- 
pany of  heart-to-heart  Christian  people,  knowing  no  de- 
nomination, no  sect,  no  theology  and  no  creed  but  Jesus 
Christ,  that  we  may  march  in  solid  columns  and  take  the 
world  for  Him.  (Amen  !  Hallelujah  !)  Look  at  this  big 
prayer  roll  stretched  from  gallery  to  gallery.  This  whole 
country  is  praying  for  this  Assembly,  and  requests  for 
prayer  are  coming  in  every  mail,  saying,  "Put  me  down 
for  prayer,"  and  asking  for  prayer  for  a  mother,  father, 
sister  or  brother. 

On  the  way  over  here,  not  far  from  Chicago,  we 
stopped  at  a  place,  and  I  asked  the  conductor  what  was 
going  on  there.  He  said,  "We  are  going  to  put  on  a 
larger  engine."  I  said,  "That  means  more  force  and 
greater  speed."  Now  the  time  has  come  for  the  people 
of  God  to  put  on  a  larger  engine.  Now,  brethren,  we  have 
come  this  morning  to  the  most  solemn  and  important  duty. 
We  appointed  a  committee  yesterday  to  report  upon  cre- 
dentials and  other  things,  and  I  say  to  you.  Don't  let  us 
get  in  a  hurry.  We  want  to  approach  this  work  in  solemn 
prayer  to  God  that  he  will  direct  us  and  lead  us,  enabling  us 
to  do  business  as  if  in  the  immediate  presence  of  God,  that 
we  may  be  led  in  the  light  of  the  truth.  Will  Bro.  Haney 
lead  us  in  prayer? 

Prayer,  by  Bro.  M.  L.  Haney. 

On  motion.  Committee  on  Credentials  were  given  an 
extension  of  time  in  which  to  report. 

The  Committee  on  Permanent  Organization  made 
the  following  nominations :  For  President,  C.  J.  Fowler  of 


S.  A.  KEAN, 
Eyanston,  111. 


H.  GRENTZENBURG, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


MRS.  S.  A.  KEAN, 
Evanston,  111. 


G.  W.  RIDOUT, 
Manahawkin,  N.  J. 


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Mass.  For  Vice-Presidents,  E.  F.  Walker,  Ind.,  A.  M. 
Hills,  Tex.,  James  Harris,  Ontario,  M.  L.  Haney,  III, 
and  Geo.  M.  Morse,  Conn.  For  Secretary,  J.  D. 
Marsh,  111.,  Assistant  Secretary,  W.  E.  Shepard,  Cal. 
For  Treasurer,  G.  A.  McLaughlin,  111.  For  Railroad  Sec- 
retary, T.  B.  Arnold,  111.  For  Assembly  Reporter,  Isaiah 
Reid,  Iowa. 

The  report  of  the  committee  was  accepted  and  all 
officers  nominated  by  the  committee  were  elected. 

Upon  taking  the  chair,  Brother  Fowler  spoke  as  fol- 
lows: "I  want  to  say  that  I  very  greatly  appreciate  two 
things:  First,  the  privilege  of  being  here.  I  signed  the 
call  originally,  because  I  thought  it  was  a  consistent  thing 
to  do,  although  at  the  time  I  signed  the  call  I  did  not 
expect  to  be  here.  However,  the  circumstances  changed, 
so,  by  the  good  will  of  God,  I  am  permitted  to  be  with 
you.  I  greatly  appreciate  that,  and  I  greatly  appreciate 
your  full  and  standing  vote  to  make  me  president  of  this 
body. 

"There  are  several  things  I  would  like  to  say.  I  want 
to  say  that  I  am  blessed  already.  (''Amen").  When  I  first 
struck  the  atmosphere  this  morning  I  scented  something 
that  was  not  of  this  world.  I  was  fully  alive  to  the  sense 
that  God  was  here.  I  expect  to  have  my  thought  quick- 
ened and  be  better  informed  for  being  here.  I  expect  to 
have  my  heart  more  and  more  refreshed. 

"Now  I  hesitated  in  taking  this  position.  Tlie  hesita- 
tion is  with  me  still,  and  yet  that  hesitation  is  consistent 
with  victory.  My  soul  claims  the  victory.  >.h  faith  is 
exceedingly  optimistic,  and  it  takes  hold  on  v'ctcrv  in  all 
the  phases  of  this  assembly.  I  have  some  hesitati(vi  because 
I  am  not  an  expert  parliamentarian.  I  recognize  that  the 
position  is  at  times  a  delicate  and  difficult  one.  b'.it  I  can 
get  along  with  these  people.   Then  I  have  a  genuine  hesi- 


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tation  because  of  the  responsibility  attached,  and  again  my 
faith  comes  to  my  rescue. 

"This  gathering  is  two-fold  in  its  bearing.  It  is  evan- 
gelistic. It  ought  to  be  that;  it  must  be  that.  May  God 
give  us  the  power  to  do  something  that  will  be  felt  forever. 
But  it  is  more  than  evangelistic  in  the  ordinary  acceptance 
of  the  term.  It  is  deliberative.  I  do  not  think  any  of  us 
begin  to  properly  appreciate  the  weighty  responsibilities 
that  will  crowd  into  these  days.  There  will  be  things  said 
and  done  here  that  will  tend  either  to  wreck  or  help  the 
holiness  movement  in  this  country. 

"Not  a  little  is  expected  of  this  Assembly,  and  there 
must  be  a  formulating  and  framing  of  matters  here  that 
will  put  things  where  they  ought  to  be.  Let  us  be  much  in 
prayer.  Let  us  hand  something  down  to  future  gener- 
ations that  will  be  worthy  an  occasion  like  this.  As  Bro. 
Hughes  says.  If  you  like  that,  say  'amen.'  "  (Cries  of 
("Amen.") 

On  motion,  the  regular  services  of  the  Assembly  were 
arranged  as  follows :  8  :oo  A.  M.,  People's  Meeting  (or 
prayer  service) ;  9 130  A.  M.,  opening  of  Assembly,  proper  : 
2:00  P.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.,  of  each  week  day,  it  being 
understood  that  the  Committee  on  Program  had  the  power 
to  settle  the  time  and  character  of  pubHc  services. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Call  to  order  by  Chairman,  C.  J.  Fowler. 

Singing  by  congregation :  "There  is  Power  in  the 
Blood,"  and  "Make  Me  a  Blessing  Today." 

Prayer  by  Bro.  John  Norberry  of  Conn. : 

"We  read  in  Thy  Word,  blessed  Lord,  that  if  our 
heart  condemn  us  not,  then  have  we  confidence  toward 
Thee,  and  whatsoever  we  ask  we  receive  of  Thee,  because 
we  keep  Thy  commandments  and  do  those  things  which 
are  pleasing  in  Thy  sight.    O,  Lord !  We  read  that  this  is 


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the  confidence  we  have  in  Thee,  that,  if  we  ask  any- 
thing according  to  Thy  will,  Thou  hearest  us,  and,  if  we 
know  that  Thou  hearest  us,  whatsoever  we  ask,  we  know 
we  have  the  petitions  that  we  desire  of  Thee. 

Lord !  as  one  man,  we  pray.  We  look  to  Thee,  at 
this  afternoon  service,  and  pray  that  God  will  have  His 
way  in  this  convention.  We  pray  Thee,  that  Thou  wilt  be 
in  this  meeting.  May  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost  be 
in  Thy  servant,  who  shall  deliver  the  message  this  after- 
noon. May  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  real,  genuine  Holy  Ghost 
conviction  come  upon  the  people,  and  many  here  come 
up  for  pardon  and  purity  this  afternoon.  May  we  have 
a  great  victory,  and  to  Thee  we  will .  give  all  the  glory. 
We  ask  it  all  in  Jesus'  name.  Amen. 

Song  by  Bro.  and  Sister  Harris  :    'Xet  Him  Have  His 

Way  with  Thee." 

Brother  M.  L.  Haney  preached  a  very  excellent  sermon,  the 
report  of  which  was  sent  him  for  correction  but  he  was  unable  to 
do  this  at  the  time  and  requested,  us  to  omit  it.  We  still  hoped 
to  receive  it  in  time  for  publication  but  have  not  and  are  obliged 
to  omit  it. 

EVENIXG  SESSION. 

By  some  strange  oversight  we  have  no  report  of  this  service 
except  of  Bro.  Hogue's  sermon  which  we  give. 

SERMON  BY  REV.  W.  T.  HOGUE. 

After  trying  to  get  the  mind  of  the  Lord  as  to  what 
He  would  have  me  sa\-  tonight,  I  am  led  to  invite  yonr 
attention  to  words  recorded  in  Acts,  second  chapter,  and 
the  first  four  verses. 

"And  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come,  they 
were  all  with  one  accord  in  one  place. 

''And  suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from  heaven,  as 
of  a  rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  filled  all  the  house 
where  they  were  sitting. 


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"And  there  appeared  unto  them  cloven  tongues,  like 
as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  upon  each  of  them. 

"And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
began  to  speak  with  other  tongues,  as  the  Spirit  gave 
them  utterance." 

That  was  the  birth-day  of  the  Christian  church.  It 
was  the  birth-day  of  Christianity  itself.  The  Christian 
church,  Christianity  itself,  I  may  say,  was  born  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  Just  as  the  individual  to  be  a  Christian 
must  be  born  of  the  Spirit,  so  must  any  Assembly  to 
constitute  it  any  part  of  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ  be 
born  of  the  Spirit.  It  takes  the  Holy  Spirit  to  con- 
stitute it  a  living  organism  in  the  beginning — to  preserve 
it  as  a  living  organism  to  the  end.  Nothing  short  of 
such  a  baptism  and  empowerment  as  came  to  the  one 
hundred  and  twenty  disciples  at  Pentecost  can  put  and 
keep  that  church  in  a  normal  condition,  and  make  it  the 
proper  representative  of  Jesus  Christ  and  constitute  it  the 
body  of  Christ  in  the  spiritual  sense. 

It  becomes  very  important  therefore  to  know  some- 
thing about  the  Holy  Spirit  and'  His  operations ;  to  know 
something  about  the  dispensation  of  the  Spirit  and  what 
it  represents.  The  Spirit  of  God  is  the  very  soul  of 
the  church,  as  it  is  of  every  individual  spiritual  life.  I 
am  sorry  the  church  of  this  period  has  found  it  neces- 
sary to  look  back  to  the  primitive  Pentecost  as  though 
the  like  were  never  to  be  expected  again  on  earth.  As 
I  understand  it,  that  was  but  an  instance  or  illustra- 
tion of  what  ought  to  prevail  with  God's  people  always 
and  everywhere.  I  do  not  know  of  any  place  in  the 
New  Testament  where  God  has  expressed  Himself  as 
satisfied  with  the  Christian  church,  only  as  that  body  has 
been  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost;  and  I  have  given  con- 
siderable attention  to  the  studying  of  God's  measures  of 


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grace  as  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament.  Whether  it 
be  the  Holy  Spirit,  divine  love,  the  knowledge  of  His  will, 
or  the  fruits  of  righteousness,  God's  measure  is  a  full 
measure. 

I  am  glad  to  be  assured  that  what  the  disciples  got 
in  the  upper  room,  the  wonderful  manifestation  and  ful- 
ness of  divine  light,  love,  grace,  power  and  victory  that 
came  to  them  on  that  memorable  day — is  for  God's  peo- 
ple through  all  time.  It  is  not  because  God  is  straitened 
or  limited  that  some  fail  to  get  it  now.  It  is  because 
they  fail  to  rrieet  the  conditions.  If  we  measure  ud  fully 
to  the  conditions,  we  may  have  Pentecost  repeated.  I 
care  not  for  the  visible  signs,  nor  for  the  sound  as  nf 
a  rushing  mighty  wind,  nor  that  the  Holy  Spirit  shall 
come  down  on  us  like  a  tornado ;  though  you  might 
suppose  I  would,  being  a  Free  Methodist!  (Laughter.) 
I  am  here  to  respond  to  the  blessed  Holy  Spirit  in  all 
His  movements,  whatsoever  those  movements  shall  be. 

The  iiir.'  r  r-Tit  thin^^  on  that  occasion  was  not  the 
sound  from  heaven,  not  the  fiery  manifestations,  but  the 
thing  spoken  of  in  the  last  verse  of  my  text — "They 
were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost."  That  is  what  we 
ought  all  to  recognize ;  and  the  moral  and  spiritual  results 
ordained  by  God  will  invariably  follow  if  we  get  and  re- 
tain this  blessed  fulness  provided  for  us  in  Christ. 

I  want  to  call  your  attention  to  several  things  con- 
nected with  the  Pentecostal  baptism  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

I  remark  in  the  first  place  that  the  original  'Pente- 
costal baptism  with  tlie  vSpirit  was  a  second  work  of  grace. 
I  mean  by  this  that  the  disciples  who  received  it  had  al- 
ready experienced  the  preliminary  operations  of 
the  Spirit  in  regeneration :  that  they  were  al- 
ready men  of  God.  Some  tell  us  that  the  hundred  and 
twenty  disciples  did  not  receive  their  conversion  until  the 


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baptism  with  the  Holy  Spirit  on  that  day.  Let  me  call 
your  attention  to  what  Jesus  said  about  them  long  be- 
fore the  day  of  Pentecost. 

Turn  to  John,  fifteenth  chapter.  Here  I  read  (verse 
nineteen)  "If  ye  were  of  the  world,  the  world  would 
love  his  own;  but  because  ye  are  not  of  the  world,  but 
I  have  chosen  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore  the  world 
hateth  you."  I  cannot  conceive  of  Jesus  Christ  talking 
that  way  to  unconverted  men.  They  were  so  distinct  from 
the  world,  that  the  world  hated  them.  That  is  the  testi- 
mony Jesus  Christ  bore  concerning  these  disciples  long 
before  the  day  of  Pentecost.  Speaking  to  them  again  in 
the  same  connection,  He  said:  "Ye  have  not  chosen  me. 
but  I  have  chosen  you,  and  ordained  you,  that  ye  should  go 
and  bring  forth  fruit,  and  that  your  fruit  should  remain." 
He  had  called,  chosen  and  ordained  them,  that  they  should 
go  forth  and  preach  the  Gospel  and  bring  forth  fruit,  and 
their  fruit  should  remain.  Plave  you  any  such  idea  as 
that  He  chose  unregenerate  men  to  preach  His  gospel? 
It  cannot  be. 

You  will  also  remember  that  as  Jesus  met  Peter  and 
the  other  apostles  in  the  coasts  of  Caesarea  Philippi,  He 
said:  "Whom  do  men  say  that  I,  the  Son  of  man,  am? 
Peter  answered :  Thou  art  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  liv- 
ing God.  And  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  him,  Blessed 
art  thou,  Simon  Barjona;  for  flesh  and  blood  hath  not  re- 
vealed it  unto  thee,  ftut  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven." 
There  had  been  a  revelation  of  Christ  to  one  of  these 
disciples,  at  least,  just  such  as  constitutes  a  real  and  radical 
conversion.  St.  Paul  tells  us,  that  "No  man  can  say 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord  but  by  the  Holy  Ghost."  No 
man  can  say  it  in  a  true  and  spiritual  and  experimental 
sense,  unless  it  has  been  divinely  revealed  unto  him  in 
his  own  salvation. 


E0LINE8S  ASSEMBLY, 


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Some  tell  us  this  baptism  was  simply  a  gift  of  miracle- 
working  power.  I  would  have  you  notice  that  these 
disciples  had  the  power  of  miracle-working  before  the 
day  of  Pentecost.  In  sending  out  His  apostles  on  their 
mission  to  the  lost  sheep  of  the  house  ot  Israel  He 
said :  "As  ye  go  preach,  saying,  The  Kingdom  of  heaven 
is  at  hand.  Heal  the  sick,  cleanse  the  lepers,  raise  the 
dead,  cast  out  devils  :  freely  ye  have  received,  freely  give." 
Thus  they  were  empowered  to  heal  the  sick,  cast  out 
devils  and  perform  various  miracles  in  His  name  before 
the  day  of  Pentecost.  The  seventy  also  received  a  like 
commission  to  work  miracles  when  they  were  sent  out 
upon  their  ministry  of  preaching  and  teaching.  They  ex- 
ercised that  power,  wrought  a  few  miracles,  and,  over- 
joyed with  their  success,  they  came  back  like  little  chil- 
dren exulting  over  a  new-found  toy,  and  said:  "Uord, 
even  the  devils  are  subject  to  us  through  thy  name." 
And  Jesus  said  to  them,  'T  beheld  Satan  as  lightning 
fall  from  heaven,  Behold  I  give  unto  you  power  to  tread 
on  serpents  and  scorpions,  and  over  all  the  power  of  the 
enemy :  and  nothing  shall  by  any  means  hurt  you.  Notwith- 
standing, in  this  rejoice  not,  that  the  spirits  are  subject 
unto  you,  but  rather  rejoice  because  your  names  are  writ- 
ten in  heaven." 

Note  again  that  before  He  left  them,  our  Lord  told 
those  followers  of  His,  who  had  been  in  His  own  school, 
under  His  own  instruction  for  three  years  or  more,  and 
who  had  walked  in  personal  fellowship  with  Him,  to 
tarry  in  Jerusalem  for  something  further.  As  the 
tim.e  of  His  ascension  drew  near,  "Thev  asked  of  Him  sa\  ~ 
ing,  Lord,  wilt  thou  at  this  time  restore  again  the  King- 
dom to  Israel?  And  He  said  unto  them.  It  is  not  for 
you  to  know  the  times  or  the  seasons,  which  the  Father 
liath  put  in  His  own  power;  but  ye  shall  receive  power 


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after  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you:  and  ye 
shall  be  witnesses  unto  me  both  in  Jerusalem,  and  in  all 
Judea,  and  in  Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  parts  of 
the  earth."  He  told  them  to  wait  for  it,  and  they  did. 
The  text  tells  us  the  result :  "And  when  the  day  of 
Pentecost  was  fully  come,  they  were  all  with  one  accord 
in  one  place.  And  suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from 
heaven,  as  of  a  rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  filled  all 
the  house  where  they  were  sitting.  And  there  appeared 
unto  them  cloven  tongues  like  as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  upon 
each  of  them."  These  were  the  outward  phenomena; 
but  better  than  the  sound  from  heaven  and  the  fiery 
manifestations,  "they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost." 

There  is  a  second  installment  of  the  Holy  Spirit  for 
all  believers.  His  preliminary  office  work  is  accomplished 
in  our  conversion  and  justification.  In  the  Pentecostal 
baptism,  He  comes  in  abiding  fulness  to  dwell  in  us  as 
our  abiding  Comforter,  Illuminator,  Sanctifier,  Guide,  and 
Stand-by.  The  original  word  translated  "Comforter" 
means  a  "Stand-by."  Blessed  be  God!  You  can  stand 
anything  if  you  have  that  "Stand-by"  enthroned  within 
you  always.    ("Amen !") 

I  call  you  to  notice  in  the  second  place,  that  this 
Pentecostal  baptism  was  the  fulfillment  of  a  supreme  prom- 
ise. What  do  I  mean  by  that?  I  mean  to  say,  that 
of  all  the  glorious  promises  of  former  dispensations,  that 
which  referred  to  the  bestowment  and  dispensation  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  was  of  supreme  excellence — the  climax  and 
glory  of  the  whole.  It  is  called  emphatically  "The  prom- 
ise of  the  Father"  just  as  though  it  were  the  only  prom- 
ise He  had  given.  This  is  because  it  contains  the  sum  of 
all  the  rest. 

Go  back  to  the  prophetic  age  and  see  this  verified. 
The  prophets  sang  in  wondrous  raptures  concerning  the 


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65 


commg  of  Christ  to  redeem  this  world,  and  with  the 

deepest  pathos  they  described  His  hnmiHation  and  suf- 
ferings. But  in  more  enrapturing  and  inspiring  strains 
they  sang  of  the  future  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Of  the  Spirit  filled  messengers  of  the  New  Dispensa- 
tion, Isaiah  sang :  "The  wilderness  and  the  solitary  place 
shall  be  glad  for  them;  and  the  desert  shall  rejoice, 
and  blossom  as  the  rose.  It  shall  blossom  abundantly, 
and  rejoice  even  with  joy  and  singing :  the  glory  of 
Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it,  the  excellency  of  Carmel 
and  Sharon;  they  shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  excellency  of  our  God."  Isaiah  further  speaks  of 
it  as  floods  poured  out  on  the  dry  ground,  and  rivers 
upon  the  thirsty  land — not  as  a  single  river  but  rivers  of 
water  upon  dry  ground.  The  Psalmist  tells  us  that  when 
God's  people  ''go  through  dry  places  they  shall  make 
it  a  well,  and  the  rain  also  shall  fill  the  pools."  Ezekiel, 
in  his  vision,  foresaw  the  glorious  dispensation  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  He  likened  it  to  a  river  beginning  with  the 
issuing  of  waters  out  from  under  the  sanctuary.  Mere 
droppings  which  flowed  together,  and,  without  any  visible 
tributary  from  without,  increased  in  depth  and  volume  until 
it  became  a  mighty  and  impassable  river.  He  says  the 
angel  led  him  forth  to  measure  the  river,  and  when  he 
had  measured  a  thousand  cubits  the  waters  were  to  the 
ankles :  another  thousand  cubits  and  the  waters  were  to 
the  knees ;  another  thousand  and  they  were  to  the  loins  ; 
and  still  another  thousand  and  it  was  a  river  that  they 
could  not  pass  over;  ''for  the  waters  were  risen,  waters 
to  swim  in,  a  river  that  could  not  be  passed  over."  It 
was  also  said  that  everything  should  live  whithersoever 
this  river  should  come,  and  by  it  even  the  waters  of  the 
Dead  Sea  were  healed. 

Now,  note  this  peculiarity  about  that  river.    It  was 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


characterized  by  a  perpetually  accumulating  flow.  In 
this  it  symbolized  the  law  of  the  bestowment  of  the  Spirit. 
Instead  of  looking  backward  to  'Pentecost  for  the  greatest 
manifestation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  we  ought  to  be  ashamed 
to  be  obliged  to  take  a  backward  look  of  that  kind.  We 
ought  to  have  Pentecost  repeated  and  augmented  to-day. 
"But,"  you  say,  '\ve  don't  hear  any  sound  from  heaven. 
We  haven't  felt  the  place  shaken.  We  don't  have  the  visi- 
ble manifestations  'like  as  of  fire.' "  Very  well.  But 
these  were  not  essential.  They  were  mere  accompani- 
ments. That  fire  was  only  a  symbol  of  the  divine  fire, 
the  Shekinah  flame,  the  divine  light  and  power  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  enthroned  within,  and  spiritually  en- 
abling us,  wherever  we  come  in  contact  with  the  dead 
to  bring  them  to  life.  ("Amen !")  This  gift  of  the  abid- 
ing Comforter,  not  the  accompanying  phenomena  was 
the  thing  promised  in  the  Old  Testament  in  connection 
with  the  Gospel  Pentecost. 

The  supreme  promise  in  the  ministry  of  John  the 
Baptist  related  to  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  He 
preached  the  two-fold  work  of  grace.  First,  he  preached 
Christ  as  the  Atoner  of  sin,  by  Whom  we  come  to  God. 
He  cried  "Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh  away 
the  sin  of  the  world."  Having  acquainted  them  with  Him 
as  the  atoning  Lamb,  He  began  to  tell  them  about  "a 
mightier  than  I,  whose  shoes  I  am  not  v worthy  to  bear," 
and  added,  "Ke  shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  with  fire."  His  supreme  mission  was  to  point  to 
Jesus  Christ  as  the  Baptizer  with  the  Holy  Spirit  To 
preach  Christ  fully  we  must  present  Him  in  both  of  these 
oflices — as  the  great  Atoner  Lor  the  sins  of  the  world 
and  the  Baptizer  of  believers  with  the  Holy  Spirit.  To 
preach  Him  as  the  Atoner  only  is  to  preach  but  half  the 
Gospel, 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


67 


Coming  now  to  the  ministry  of  Jesus,  we  find  that 
He  also  preached  the  two-fold  work  of  grace.  First, 
He  taught  His  disciples  as  they  were  able  to  bear  it 
concerning  the  mystery  of  the  death  He  was  to  accom- 
plish on  the  cross.  He  said  to  them,  "Except  ye  eat 
my  flesh  and  drink  my  blood,  ye  have  no  life  in  you." 
Later,  however.  He  proclaimed  to  them  the  gospel  and 
mission  of  the  Comforter  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost.  Speak  - 
ing to  them  of  His  departure  as  recorded  in  John  i6.  He 
said : — "Because  I  have  said  these  things  unto  you,  sor- 
row hath  filled  your  heart.  Nevertheless,  I  tell  you  the 
truth :  it  is  expedient  for  you  that  I  go  away ;  for  if  I 
go  not  away  the  Comforter  will  not  come  unto  you ; 
but  if  I  depart,  I  will  send  Him  unto  you."  That  was 
the  promise  of  something  better  than  to  be  favored  with 
His  visible  presence  and  to  listen  to  the  gracious  words 
that  proceeded  from  His  lips.  It  is  better  to 
have  an  indwelling,  though  invisible  Comforter  than  to 
have  with  us  the  visible  Jesus.  He  must  depart,  but  He 
was  to  send  another  Comforter,  Advocate,  Intercessor, 
which  meant  the  gift  of  the  Spirit  in  a  general  sense 
to  all  believers  for  all  time  and  not  to  a  few  only.  The 
culminating  and  supreme  thing  in  the  ministry  of  Jesus 
Christ  was  to  be  this  bestowment  of  the  Comforter.  The 
one  thing  He  strove  above  everything  else  to  impress 
upon  His  followers  was  that  this  was  their  heritage,  to 
the  end  that  all  might  receive  the  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  fire.  ("Amen!") 

I  call  your  attention  next  to  the  fact  that  the  baptism 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  received  in  answer  to  prayer. 

In  Acts  I  :  9  we  read,  "And  when  He  had  spoken 
these  things,  while  they  beheld.  He  was  taken  up ;  and 
a  cloud  received  Him  out  of  sight."  They  stood  and 
gazed  until  two  men  in  white  apparel  appeared  and  said : 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


"Why  stand  ye  gazing  up  into  heaven?  This  same  Jesus, 
which  is  taken  from  you  into  heaven,  shall  so  come  in 
Hke  manner  as  ye  have  seen  Him  go  into  heaven."  Then 
they  went  back  to  the  upper  room,  where  ''all  continued 
with  one  accord  in  prayer  and  supplication,  with  the 
women  and  Mary  the  mother  of  Jesus,  and  with  His  breth- 
ren." They  prayed.  They  all  prayed.  They  all  con- 
tinued to  pray.  Ten  days  were  spent  chiefly  in  this  exer- 
cise. "And  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come 
they  were  all  with  one  accord  in  one  place"  and  suddenly 
came  the  sound  from  heaven,  and  the  fiery  emanations, 
"and  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost."  This 
wonderful  baptism  and  enduement  with  power  came  upon 
the  infant  church  in  answer  to  prayer. 

And  yet  there  are  many  people  who  go  up  and  down 
the  land  assuming  to  be  so  wise,  and  who  say  it 
is  an  insult  to  God  Himself  to  pray  for  a  baptism  with 
the  Spirit.  They  tell  us  that  when  the  Holy  Spirit  came 
at  Pentecost  He  came  to  stay,  hence,  we  err  in  praying 
for  His  coming  again.  That  may  be  true  as  to  His 
coming  to  the  church  at  large  but  not  as  to  personal 
experience.  Jesus  taught  that  we  should  ask  the  Father 
for .  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  He  it  was  Who  told 
His  followers  the  Father  was  more  willing  to  give  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  Him  than  earthly  parents 
are  to  give  good  gifts  unto  their  children. 

I  have  read  about  Hicks,  the  village  blacksmith,  who 
went  into  a  Quaker  meeting.  After  a  prolonged  period  of 
stillness  which  was  very  painful  to  Sammy,  he  got  up  to 
testify.  A  Quaker  brother  said,  "Sammy,  sit  thee  down 
until  the  Spirit  moves  thee."  The  silence  began  again 
to  be  oppressive  to  Sammy,  and  he  arose  once  more 
only  to  be  told  to  wait  until  the  Spirit  moved  him.  Sam- 
my waited  a  few  minutes  longer,  and,  rising,  said: 


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69 


"Friends,  the  Spirit  doesn't  move,  let  us  pray  for  the 
Spirit."    That  is  a  sensible  way  to  get  the  Spirit. 

We  must  cry  unto  God  for  the  fulness  of  the  Spirit. 
David  cried  unto  the  Lord  for  heart  cleansing  and  the 
Lord  gave  it  to  him.  He  said:  "Create  in  me  a  clean 
heart,  O  God,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  me."  God 
heard  his  cry.  A  great  many  who  are  trying  to  seek  the 
Holy  Ghost  might  as  well  get  a  Chinese  praying  ma- 
chine and  set  it  in  motion.  They  are  not  sufficiently  in 
earnest.  They  do  not  cry  to  God  for  Him.  We  need 
to  seek  Him  earnestly,  as  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  where 
they  were  all  in  one  place  with  one  accord,  most  earnestly 
praying  to  God,  and  not  praying  at  each  other.  They 
prayed  "with  one  accord."  The  instrument  was  in  per- 
fect tune.  There  was  no  jar,  no  discord,  no  disturbing 
vibrations,  but  all  was  in  perfect  harmony.  That  is  what 
we  need  here.  lit  is  good  and  blessed  for  brethren  to 
dwell  together  in  unity.  I  never  knew  a  marked  degree 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  to  come  down  where  there  was  dis- 
cord manifested  among  the  brethren.  I  knew  a  place  once 
where^the  members  of  a  small  church  took  particular 
pains  to  come  in  at  separate  doors,  and  seat  themselves 
as  remotely  from  each  other  as  possible.  I  had  occasion 
to  preach  to  them,  but  I  didn't  preach  to  the  empty  seats. 
I  preached  first  to  those  on  one  side  of  the  hou^e,  and  then 
to  those  on  the  other.  I  said :  "You  all  profess  holiness, 
but  when  you  get  it  you  will  love  one  another  enough  to 
come  in  at  the  same  door,  sit  together  in  tl»e  same  sanc- 
tuary and  worship  God  in  brotherly  love.  You  will 
shake  hands  together,  and,  once  in  awhile  you  will  call 
at  one  another's  homes.  Then  people  will  say,  "See 
how  these  brethren  love  one  another."  In  that  prayer 
meeting  of  the  early  church,  they  all  prayed,  and  they  all 
got  the  blessing.  The  women  prayed  and  the  men  prayed ; 


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the  preachers  and  the  lay  members.  They  were  all  after 
the  blessing  and  when  the  Spirit  came  He  came  upon 
them  all.    ("Amen!"'  "Glory!"')  , 

I  remember  in  1861  when  God  sanctified  my  mother 
and  converted  me  on  the  Alleghany  camp  ground  in 
Western  New  York.  During  those  days  very  few  pro- 
fessed it  unless  they  got  it,  it  cost  so  much.  I  remem- 
ber how  they  prayed  too.  Bless  you!  They  would  pray 
all  night.  They  prayed  through  and  the  Pentecostal  power 
and  fire  came.  Just  so  there  is  no  better  way  to  seek 
the  Pentecostal  baptism  now  than  that  of  earnestly  and 
persistently  crying  unto  God  for  it. 

Again,  I  remark  that  the  primitive  baptism  with  the 
Spirit  was  given  at  a  peculiarly  appropriate  season — "when 
the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come."  Why  was  it  given  at 
that  particular  time?  We  may  not  know  all  the  reasons. 
This  we  know  however;  Pentecost  was  the  anniversary 
of  the  giving  of  that  law  which  originally  was  written  in 
tables  of  stone  by  the  finger  of  God.  The  law  under  the 
Old  Testament  was  outward  and  objective — a  set  of  rigor- 
ous, external  exactions.  The  distinguishing  characteristic 
of  the  New  Covenant  is  the  promise  that  under  its  pro- 
visions the  law  is  to  be  written  on  the  mind  and  heart.  It 
is  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  do  this.  Baptism  with 
the  Holy  Spirit  baptizes  the  very  essence  of  the  law  into 
the  mind  and  heart.  It  is  not  the  abolition  of  the  law, 
but  a  new  promulgation  of  it.  It  does  not  release  from 
obligation  t(9  keep  the  law,  but  makes  us  all  the  more  sen- 
sible of  that  obligation.  At  the  same  time  it  puts  within 
us  the  constant  disposition  and  ability  to  keep  the  divine 
requirements.    Blessed  be  God  ! 

There  is  a  sense  in  which  a  sanctified  believer  is  not 
under  the  law.  He  doesn't  obey  through  fear  any  longer 
in  a  servile  spirit  or  from  feeling  "I  must."    Of  course 


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he  has  to  recognize  the  law.  The  law  is  not  taken  away. 
The  law  is  put  in  the  heart  however,  and  so  becomes 
his  thought,  desire,  will  and  activity.  It  is  this  that  makes 
it  a  kind  of  second  nature,  for  to  do  the  things  required 
by  the  law,  and  so  to  delight  in  it  as  to  say,  *'0,  how 
love  I  Thy  law!  It  is  my  meditation  all  the  day."  Some 
people  seem  to  be  fond  of  living  in  the  seventh  chapter 
of  Romans,  where  they  are  ever  in  a  vain  struggle  to 
keep  the  law.  Paul,  in  this  chapter  says  :  "O,  wretched 
man  that  I  am !  Who  shall  deliver  me  from  the  body  of 
this  death !"  I  don't  see  how  any  one  can  want  to  live 
where  there  is  nothing  but  wretchedness,  where  they  have 
always  to  say,  "The  good  that  I  would,  I  do  not :  but 
the  evil  which  I  would  not,  that  I  do."  This  ''when 
I  would  do  good,  evil  is  present  with  me"  is  too  often 
excuse  for  living  in  some  known  sin.  Thank  God  there 
is  a  more  excellent  way.  Paul,  in  the  eighth  chapter  of 
Romans,  tells  of  another  law  which  counterworks  this  law 
in  the  members  which  enslaves  us.  He  says :  ''There 
is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to  them  which  are  in 
Christ  Jesus;  who  walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but  after  the 
Spirit." 

Holding  this  book  in  my  hand,  I  let  it  go.  According 
to  the  the  law  of  gravity,  it  goes  down.  But  I  have  the 
ability  to  bring  in  the  operation  of  another  law  and  there- 
by to  overcome  the  operation  of  that  downward  law  and 
send  the  book  heavenward.  If  my  ability  were  infinite,  I 
could  send  it  upward  forever.  God  is  able  by  His  Spirit 
to  reverse  the  downward  law  of  our  depraved  natures  as  to 
bring  our  wills,  afifection?  and  affinities  to  perfect  harmony 
with  Himself,  and  to  keep  them  there  forever.  Moreover 
He  will  do  this,  when  we  meet  the  conditions.  This  is 
what  is  meant  by  putting  the  law  in  -  the  heart.  "Ye 
shall  therefore  be  perfect,  even  as  your  Father  which  is  in 


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heaven  is  perfect."  Then  the  law  of  God  in  all  its  re- 
quirements will  become  very  sweet.  You  will  not  get 
offended  if  the  minister  preaches  ever  so  closely,  if  what 
he  preaches  is  from  the  Word  of  God.  You  can  take  the 
strongest  things  in  this  Book  and  say  of  them,  "How  sweet 
also  are  Thy  words  unto  my  taste !  Yea,  sweeter  than 
honey  and  the  honey  comb."  Thus,  by  the  sanctifying 
baptism  of  the  Spirit  the  law  is  written  on  fleshly  tablets  oi 
the  heart,  not  by  pen  and  ink,  but  by  the  Spirit  of 
the  living  God.  As  the  New  Testament  Pentecost  sig- 
nifies this  new  writing  and  promulgation  of  the  law  how 
fitting  that  its  inauguration  took  place  at  Pentecost,  the 
anniversary  of  the  original  publication  of  the  law. 

t  call  you  to  notice  further  that  the  outpouring  of 
the  Spirit  was  attended  by  peculiar  and  significant  phenom  - 
ena— a  voice  like  a  rushing  mighty  wind  and  cloven 
tongues  like  as  of  fire.  These  ohenomena  were  symbols 
of  the  Holy  Spirit's  operations.  As  the  divine  breath 
swept  down  upon  that  upper  room  assembly  there  was 
a  sound  as  of  a  rushing  mighty  wind.  Wind  is  a  symbol 
of  the  Spirit.  It  is  independent  in  its  operations,  "Thou 
canst  not  tell  whence  it  oometh  or  whither  it  goeth,  so  is 
every  one  that  is  born  of  the  Spirit."  You  must  let  Him 
come  in  His  own  way.  He  will  submit  to  no  dictation, 
to  no  formula  of  yours  or  mine. 

An  Ogden  pastor  prayed  "O  Lord  we  beseech  Thee 
to  send  us  the  Holy  Spirit,  send  Him  upon  us  very  gra- 
ciously. Send  Him  upor  us  very  quietly,  send  Him  upon  us 
very  beautifully."  Do  vou  suddosc  He  came?  By  no 
means.  He  was  insulted  to  His  face.  I  like  the  old  Meth- 
odist way  of  putting  it  better,  as  when  we  sing  "Come  as 
Thou  wilt,  but  Holy  Spirit  come."  ("Amen.") 

Wind  is  also  a  reviving,  inspiring  and  purifying 
agent,  and  in  all  these  respects  is  a  symbol  of  the  Holy 


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Spirit.  Then  came  the  fiery  manitestaticn.  Fire  has  ever 
been  the  symbol  of  divine  presence.  It  is  a  symbol  of  ardor. 
It  is  illuminating,  inspiring,  refining,  purifying  and  pene- 
trating. Dr.  Parker  says,  that  what  is  received  by  each  is 
to  be  communicated  to  the  whole  world.  It  is  always  for 
utility  that  the  Holy  Spirit  is  given. 

If  God  gives  the  Spirit  to  you  it  is  that  you  may  be  His 
agent  to  convey  it  to  others. 

I  call  you  to  observe  finally  that  this  Pentecostal 
baptism  with  the  Spirit  was  a  universal  bestowment.  ''They 
were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit."  How  glorious  it 
must  have  been!  I  have  often  thought  I  would  like  to 
live  to  see  one  church  of  whose  membership  it  could 
be  truly  said,  ''They  were  all  filled  with  the  Spirit."  Breth- 
ren this  sanctifying  baptism  is  for  us  all,  ministers,  lay- 
men, old  and  young,  learned  and  unlearned,  rich  and 
poor,  it  is  for  all.  Moreover  all  ought  to  have  it.  Have 
you  ever  been  to  a  church  where  eveiv  member  was  filled 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  ?  Some  would  be  afraid  of  such  a  peo- 
ple. Most  people  are  afraid  to  get  where  there  is  much 
spiritual  light  and  life  and  power.  It  is  the  carnal  in  them 
that  thus  shrinks  at  the  phesence  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  We 
need  whole  churches  that  are  sanctified  and  spirit-filled 
to  overcome  the  opposition  of  the  world. 

What  marvelous  results  follow  when  -  God's  people 
are  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit !  AVhat  a  chansfe  it  effects 
in  their  own  hearts  and  lives  !  How  much  God  wrought 
through  those  who  were  filled  with  the  Spirit  at  Pente- 
cost! Spectators  mocking  said,  "These  men  are  full  of 
new  wine !"  but  Peter  said,  "These  are  not  drunken  as 
ye  suppose,  seeing  it  is  but  the  third  hour  of  the  day." 
Then  he  began  telling,  in  a  simple  way,  their  experi- 
ence: how  God  had  raised  Jesus  from  the  dead  who 
had  shed  forth  upon  them  the  Holy  Spirit  as  foretold 


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by  the  prophet  Joel.  He  charged  upon  them  the  murder 
of  Christ  and  fervently  exhorted  them  to  repentance 
toward  God,  and  faith  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Three 
thousand  were  cut  to  the  heart,  and  cried  ''Men  and 
brethren  what  shall  we  do?"  Peter  exhorted  them  to 
repent  and  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus.  They  did 
so,  and  there  were  added  to  the  disciples  that  day  about 
three  thousand  souls.  Following  this  there  ci^  .-r..- 
nent  revival  and  the  Lord  added  to  the  church  daily 
such  as  should  be  saved. 

My  friends,  if  you  are  without  this  baptism,  seek  it 
now.  You  can  afford  to  forego  eating  and  sleeping  to 
obtain  this  blessing,  and  give  yourself  in  prayer  until  God 
baptizes  you  with  the  Holy  Spirit.  To  seek  it  success- 
fully, however,  you  will  need  have  to  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness.  You  will  have  to  be  in  accord  with 
spiritual  people  and  love  your  neighbors.  If  you  are  in- 
dulging any  hard  feelings  against  anyone,  you  cannot  get 
the  Holy  Ghost.  "He  cannot  endorse  any  thing  of  that 
kind.  Don't  say,  "^My  neighbor  is  to  blame."  If  you  would 
be  right  with  God,  get  right  with  your  brother;  meet 
the  conditions,  and  see  how  God  will  baptize  you.  Pray 
for  the  blessing.  Pray  until  the  heavens  part  and  distil 
their  blessings  upon  your  head.  There  is  such  a  thing  as 
praying  through  and  touching  the  arm  that  moves  the 
world.  God  grant  us  to  see  Pentecost  repeated  at  this 
Holiness  Assembly.   Amen ! 

Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor  followed  with  an  earnest  exhortation  of  about 
twenty  minutes,  after  which  a  large  altar  service  was  held,  a  num- 
ber seeking  a  deeper,  larger  experience. 


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Sunday,  flay  5. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

LOVE  FEAST  IN  CHARGE  OF  BRO.  J.  B.  FOOTE. 

Bro.  Foote :  I  wish  to  read  and  pass  a  few  com- 
ments upon  the  Scripture  as  found  in  i  John  i.  (Reading 
chapter  entire). 

"  'That  ye  also  may  have  fellowship  with  us.'  What  a 
blessed  experience,  to  have  fellowship  with  God. 
("Amen!")  What  is  heaven?  A  great  German  student 
collates  all  the  verses  of  the  Bible,  where  the  word 
"heaven"  is  used  in  a  religious  sense,  and  brings  out  this 
definition :  "Fellowship  with  God,  unobstructed  by  sin." 
When  I  got  that,  I  said  a  big  "Amen."  ("Glory!")  It 
went  all  through  me  like  lightning.  I  came  to  know 
this  heaven  on  earth.  Perfect  union, — fellowship  with 
God,  God  in  me. 

"  'And  these  things  we  write  unto  you  that  your  joy 
may  be  full.'  Our  joy  cannot  be  hindered,  if  we  have  this 
fellowship  with  Him.  I  have  the  23rd  Psalm  in  my  ex- 
perience. The  Lord  is  my  shepherd,  and  I  lack  nothing. 
This  psalm  is  present  tense  until  the  last  verse,  and  that 
is  glorious.  I  am  restored ;  I  am  in  the  banquet  house 
in  the  presence  of  mine  enemies.  I  have  victory.  Twenty- 
three  years  ago,  I  was  converted  and  sanctified  in  a  holi- 
ness meeting, — converted  at  9:00  o'clock  and  sanctified 
next  day  at  3  :oo  o'clock.  Twenty  years  ago,  I  read  Bro. 
Doty's  "Lessons  in  Holiness,"  whch  meant  a  great  deal  to 
me,  but  it  meant  a  great  deal  more  to  be  taught  by 
experience.  I  believe  there  are  a  great  many  things  that 
go  along  with  holiness,  but  holiness  is  first.  I  am  here 
to  learn  the  best  methods  for  getting  sinners  converted 
and  believers  sanctified." 

Bro.  G.  W.  Chapman :  "This  experience  brings  a 
thrill  and  a  halo  of  glory  on  my  soul  that  no  tongue  can 


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tell.  I  believe  in  a  holiness  that  gives  a  man  a  clean  heart. 
I  was  a  great  sinner,  but  God  took  all  jealousy  and  bitter- 
ness out  of  my  heart.  Many  are  praying,  'Lord,  give  us 
more  power.'  When  I  got  free,  I  got  the  power.  God 
always  fills  a  place  that  is  clean.  (''Amen !")  It  is  a  great 
thing  to  be  clean  from  the  top  of  the  head  to  the  soles 
of  the  feet.  You  don't  have  to  keep  priming  your  old 
pump.  You  have  the  power.  All  the  powers  of  evil  in 
hell  and  on  earth  cannot  keep  the  power  of  God  out  oi 
your  soul,  if  you  are  clean."    ("Amen !") 

Sister  Kent  White :  *'My  well  of  living  water  is  still 
flowing.  C'Amen !")  The  Lord  sanctified  my  soul  after 
three  days  of  fasting  and  prayer.  The  Lord  didn't  let 
me  rest  until  I  got  it.  ("Amen !")  The  Rocky  Mountain 
preachers  are  all  on  fire  since  they  got  the  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  I  want  to  preach  it  out.  I  realize  that 
holiness  is  power.  Some  folks  get  down  and  cry  for 
power.  After  the>  get  purity,  they  get  power.  ("Amen !") 
When  I  got  a  clean  heart,  it  came  in  streams.  It  was  a 
deluge.  I  am  free  in  any  place.  Glory  to  God !  I  don't 
know  why  I  am  here.  I  got  my  ticket,  and  my  folks  sent 
me.  I  have  sanctification  and  the  Holy  Ghost  in  my  heart. 
Bless  God !"    ("Amen  !") 

A  delegate :  "The  blood  cleanses  me.  Jesus  accom- 
plished this  work  in  my  soul  to  make  me  His  temple. 
I  have  learned  the  secret  of  abiding.  He  is  waiting 
anxiously  to  find  an  abiding  place  in  our  souls." 

A  Sister  from  Denver,  Colo. :  "For  twenty  years,  I 
was  in  a  blackslidden  state.  I  cried :  'God  save  me,  or  I 
perish,'  and  I  handed  up  the  key  of  my  heart  to  Jesus, 
and  He  came  in.  ("Amen !")  When  I  thought  of  coming 
to  this  meeting,  I  said,  X),  God,  if  you  want  me  to  go 
out  there  I500  miles,  take  me,'  and  I  am  here.    I  came 


B0LINE8S  ASSEMBir. 


here  to  pray,  and  I  believe  that  we  have  to  pray  without 
ceasing.    My  faith  takes  hold  for  never-dying  souls. 

A  Brother :  ''I  don't  want  to  take  any  time  from  any 
child  of  God.  I  do  know  something  about  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  something  about  the  Holy  Ghost  giving  a 
man  patience  and  help.  If  we  have  the  love  of  God  in 
our  hearts,  the  people  with  whom  we  come  in  contact 
will  know  it,  and  it  will  have  its  influence  to  lead  them 
to  Him." 

A  Delegate  :  'Tardoned,  sanctified,  and  kept  by  trust- 
ing in  the  Saviour." 

Deacon  Morse  :  'In  Him  we  live,  and  move,  and  have 
our  being.'  If  any  heart  will  clean  the  temple.  He  will 
move  in.  He  will  make  us  His  temple,  and  live  in  us, 
giving  us  rivers  of  living  water  in  our  souls."   ("Amen !") 

A  Brother :  "I  found  when  I  got  the  baubles  of  this 
world  out  of  my  heart.  I  got  the  blessing.  If  we  want 
full  salvation,  we  must  get  pure.  We  must  get  rid  of  all 
thought  of  worldliness." 

Sister  Jacobs :  "I  thank  God,  when  I  was  ready  to 
receive  Him,  He  came  into  my  heart.  I  tell  you  He 
did  something  for  me.  If  you  say  you  are  justified  or 
sanctified,  and  there  has  been  no  change  in  you,  you 
haven't  got  it.  ("Amen!")  I  gave  the  Lord  everything 
else  He  wanted,  and  finally  I  said :  'Lord  take  me.'  I 
tell  you,  friends,  if  you  don't  know  what  the  second  bless- 
ing is,  get  it  today."  ("Amen.") 

A  Chicago  Brother :  "I  said  I  wanted  the  pure  cream 
and  essence  of  salvation.  I  had  been  taught,  that  if  I 
had  a  little  of  this  world's  goods,  I  could  go  through 
purgatory.  I  thank  God  that  I  was  able  to  break  the 
shackles  and  chains  that  held  me  to  popery.  I  had  to 
be  crucified  with  my  Lord.  I  praise  God,  'There  is  none 
other  name  under  heaven,  given  among  men  whereby  we 


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must  be  saved/  except  through  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
("Amen !")  'If  the  Son,  therefore  shall  make  you  free,  ye 
shall  be  free  indeed.'  " 

A  Texas  Brother :  "There  used  to  be  a  drawing  back 
in  my  heart.  I  praise  God  that  this  perfect  love  will 
cast  that  out,  and  make  us  love  the  colored  man  as 
well  as  the  white  man.  ("Amen !")  My  father  used  \o 
be  a  slave-holder,  and  I  knew  what  it  was  to  be  asso- 
ciated with  the  slaves.  After  I  got  this  experience,  I 
used  to  hold  meetings  and  get  these  colored  folks  to 
come,  and  many  of  them  were  sanctified.  Bless  His  name 
forever !" 

Bro.  John  Kirn :  "I  am  saved  of  God.  When  I  got 
converted,  I  want  to  say  that  I  was  a  new  creature  in 
Christ  Jesus.  I  swung  out  into  a  new  realm.  Some  time 
after  my  conversion,  I  sought  for  cleansing  of  heart — 
for  this  purity  the  Bible  speaks  about.  When  the  bless- 
ing came,  I  knew  it.  I  was  naturally  timid,  but  God 
took  the  timidity  all  out  and  I  long  to  face  the  world 
and  tell  what  Christ  will  do  for  sinners.  It  was  the 
14th  day  of  January,  about  15  years  ago,  that  I  got 
this  blessing,  and,  by  the  help  of  God,  I  will  press  on, 
through  thick  and  thin  to  the  end."    ("Amen !") 

A  Brother:  "I  have  much  to  be  sorry  for  that  I 
didn't  stkrt  sooner.  I  have  a  lot  to  be  thankful  for  that 
I  did  start  at  all.  I  put  it  off  until  I  was  forty-seven 
years  old.  The  devil  used  to  be  in— looking  out,  but  now 
I  have  him  out — looking  in.  ("Amen  !")  I  am  on  a  t-^  rough 
train  that  doesn't  get  side-tracked;  the  frogs  are  all  point- 
ing the  right  way.  I  am  on  a  train  that  is  moving  rapidly, 
and  I  am  praying  that  the  bridges  may  be  burned  behind 
me.    ("Amen !")    I  am  serving  God  with  all  my  heart." 

Bro.  F.  H.  Brookmiller  of  Iowa :  "I  praise  God  for 
victory  in  my  soul.   At  the  age  of  nineteen,  while  walking 


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in  the  clear  light  of  a  justified  experience,  I  first  learned 
of  holiness,  and  I  said,  'Lord,  I  want  it.'  I  was  a  happy 
boy,  but  I  wanted  to  get  closer  to  God.  Every  night,  I 
knew  I  was  nearer  it.  One  day,  in  the  town  of  Jeffer- 
son, the  experience  came  upon  me  quicker  than  I  can 
tell.  What  occurred,  T  can  never  tell.  I  felt  it  go  through 
me  hke  a  shock  from  head  to  foot.  All  I  know  is,  that 
God  sanctified  me  then  and  there;  and  I  bless  Him  for  the 
faith  through  which  I  have  claimed  the  victory  in  His 
name.  I  want  all  that  He  has  for  me.  I  have  never 
had  any  wish  to  be  great  or  wise,  in  any  but  my  Saviors 
eyes."    ("Amen !") 

Bro.  A.  M.  Hills:  "I  am  glad  to  be  here.  The  Lord 
saved  me  when  I  was  eleven  years  of  age.  I  went  through 
the  schools,  colleges  and  seminaries,  and  didn't  know  that 
it  was  my  privilege  to  be  sanctified.  When  I  first  went 
into  the  ministry,  I  was  without  this  blessing,  and  I 
couldn't  get  anybody  any  further  in  experience  than  1 
was  myself.  The  providence  of  God  took  me  out  of 
the  ministry  into  evangelistic  work,  and  I  found  myself 
back  at  the  college  where  I  had  graduated  twenty  years 
before.  There  I  met  a  humble  farmer,  who  had  stood 
for  twenty-five  years  with  the  finger  of  scorn  pointed  at 
him.  Sentiment  had  been  against  him,  his  name  derided 
and  ugly  things  said  about  him,  all  those  years ;  but  he 
stood  for  God  and  holiness.  He  loaned  me  some  books, 
and  those  books  brought  me  into  the  experience.  I  am  in 
the  experience  today.   Bless  His  holy  name  !"   (''Amen  !") 

Brother  A.  C.  Morehouse:  "Sixty-four  years  ago, 
this  month,  I  was  converted.  Fifteen  years  after  I  was 
converted,  God  sanctified  me.  I  found  I  was  where  the 
Israelites  were,  and  that  I  would  perish  unless  I  got  into 
my  Promised  Land.    God  so  filled  me  with  His  blessed, 


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tJCHOES  OF  TH£}  GENE  HAL 


perfect  love  that  I  could  hardly  eat  or  work  for  months, 
and  He  has  been  leading  me  all  the  way." 

Bro.  T.  K.  Doty  of  Cleveland,  O. :  "I  was  converted 
about  forty-five  years  ago.  I  became  a  business  man 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  It  was  there  I  was  introduced  to  a 
Mrs.  Farmer,  who  said  to  me :  'Do  you  enjoy  the  blessed 
experience  of  holiness?'  She  added  looking  me  straight 
in  the  eye,  'You  may  have  as  beautiful  an  experience  as 
St.  Paul.'  I  began  to  think  about  it.  For  about  three 
weeks  I  was  praying  and  under  deep  conviction,  when 
I  heard  a  brother  get  up  and  testify.  I  saw  it  was  for 
everybody;  that  it  was  the  Father's  will  that  we  should 
be  sanctified.  I  gave  up  everything.  I  died  out  to  self. 
I  didn't  have  any  great  emotion,  but  I  knew  I  had  the 
experience.  I  went  to' a  camp  meeting,  and  found  that 
they  had  the  same  thing.  I  didn't  know  but  what  they 
had  something  better !  God  cleansed  my  heart,  and  I 
felt  so  clean.  I  have  been  testifying  to  it  for  twenty- 
four  years.  Let  us  pray  mightily  that  God  may  make  this 
Assembly  a  great  blessing,  and  that  He  may  put  His  seal 
on  this  meeting." 

Bro.  T.  H.  Nelson  of  Indianapolis,  Ind. :  "I  want  to 
thank  God  that  He  saved  me.  I  want  to  thank  God  for 
a  religion  that  cost  everything.  For  years,  I  worshiped 
God  with  a  string  of  beads  in  my  pocket.  Sixteen  years 
ago,  I  took  these  out  of  my  pocket,  to  find  peace  in 
Jesus.  After  that  though  I  was  not  up  and  down 
in  my  experience,  and  was  constantly  victorious,  I  found 
an  involuntary  shrinking,  an  involuntary  rebellion,  until 
I  became  sanctified.  I  think  we  ought  to  be  more  definite. 
There  are  some  who  think  they  are  sanctified,  but  are 
only  justified.  There  is  that  involuntary  rebellion  still 
there.  When  God  sanctified  me,  He  took  out  that  dis- 
position to  walk  limpingly.    Thank  God  it  had  to  go, 


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and  now  L  have  deliveranct  through  the  blood  of  Jesus." 
("Amen!") 

SERVICE  AT  10:45  A.  M. 
Singing  by  congregation,  "Come  Thou  Almighty 
King." 

Prayer,  by  Bro.  A.  M.  Hills :  "O,  Lord,  our  blessed 
God,  Author  of  our  being,  we  come  into  Thy  presence 
this  morning  with  loving  and  grateful  hearts,  to  bow 
before  Thee  in  thine  holy  temple.  O,  Lord,  let  all  the 
earth  keep  silence  before  Thee,  and  worship  Thee  in  the 
beauty  of  holiness  and  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord.  We 
bless  Thy  name  for  the  privilege  of  Thy  sanctuary.  We 
thank  Thee  for  this  pleasant  Sabbath  morning  and,  as  the 
sun  rose  so  beautifully  over  the  earth  this  morning,  so 
may  the  Son  of  Righteousness  arise  in  every  heart.  We 
thank  Thee  for  a  living  God.  We  thank  Thee  for  the 
assembly  of  the  First  Born.  We  thank  Thee  for  the 
privilege  of  worshiping  Thee.  We  pray  Thee  Father, 
to  take  out  of  our  hearts  everything  that  offends  Thee. 
As  we  come  and  bow  before  Thee,  this  morning,  and 
offer  up  our  supplications  and  songs  of  gratitude  and 
praise  before  the  Lord,  we  call  upon  our  souls  and  all 
that  is  within  us  to  bless  Thy  holy  name  and  forget  not  all 
Thy  benefits.  We  praise  Thee  for  Thy  Gift  of  gifts — 
the  blessed  Son  of  God,  who  died  for  us.  We  praise  Thee 
for  that  other  Gift  to  be  our  Guide,  our  Leader,  Com- 
forter and  Sanctifier, — the  indwelling  Holy  Ghost.  O 
Triune  God,  we  call  upon  our  souls  this  morning  not  to 
be  unmindful  of  Thy  benefits  and  blessings  innumerable. 
The  Lord  God  Omnipotent  reigneth !  O,  come  into  our 
souls  and  reign  this  morning,  God  Supreme,  and  sway 
Thy  sceptre  over  every  faculty  of  our  being.  O,  Lord, 
set  our  heart's  affection  on  Thee,  that  we  may  love  Thee 
with  all  our  heart  and  sou-l  and  mind  and  strength,  and 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


that  we  may  love  those  for  whom  Thou  didst  die,  as 
ourselves.  Sway  Thy  sceptre  over  all  our  being,  that 
our  will  may  ever  more  be  submissive  to  Thy  will.  Rule 
over  our  natures,  that  every  desire  and  appetite  shall  be 
in  sweet  conformity  to  the  perfect  will  of  God. 

''We  pray  Thee  to  remember  the  pastor  of  this  church. 
Rejoice  his  soul,  and  water  it  with  the  dews  of  heaven,  and 
may  he  have  all  that  God  wants  to  give  him,  and  all  that 
was  purchased  for  him  with  the  precious  blood  of  Jesus.  We 
pray  Thee  for  a  blessing  upon  his  family  and  upon  his 
church.  Bless  all  who  are  accustomed  to  worship  here 
from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath.  O,  Je-sus !  Every  congregation 
represents  so  much  of  weakness  and  longing  unsatisfied, 
hope  deferred,  and  heart  sickness.  Thou  knowest  how 
to  minister  to  these  people.  Remember,  O  Lord,  all  sin- 
sickness  ;  this  sickness  that  Thou  didst  come  to  save  the 
world  from.  Minister  to  these  sin-sick  hearts  that  may  be 
here  this  morning.  Point  them  to  Thyself  and  the  five 
wounds  that  bought  their  salvation. 

God,  hear  us  for  this  prayer  roll,  stretched  across 
this  church.  It  represents  so  much  of  agony,  heart-ache 
and  longing.  O,  Jesus,  come  in  mercy  and  bless  all 
these  souls.  Some  of  them  are  poor  wives,  who  have 
wrestled  long,  and  their  hearts  have  grown  sick  with  wait- 
ing for  the  salvation  of  their  husbands.  Fathers  and 
mothers  want  their  children  brought  to  Thee.  O  Christ, 
Thou  knowest  the  feelings  of  the  parental  heart,  for  Thou 
didst  make  it.  Thou  knowest  what  it  is  for  fathers  and 
mothers  to  wait  and  weep  before  Thee  in  supplication  for 
their  dear  ones.  Have  mercy  upon  them.  Then  there 
are  the  brothers  and  sisters  praying  for  loved  ones.  Even 
children,  doing  the  unnatural  thing,  are  praying  for  par- 
ents, when  their  parents  ought  to  be  praying  for  them. 


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83 


We  beseech  Thee  to  hear  these  prayers  that  are  now 
being  hfted  up  for  these  precious  ones  all  over  the  land. 

'•Thousands  are  praying  for  us.  O  God,  come  down  on 
this  convention.  We  want  the  holiness  forces  united.  We 
want  them  melted  down,  melted  together  and  fused  until 
every  heart  beats  in  sympathy  and  unison,  laboring  together 
for  the  cause  of  holiness.  Jesus,  Thou  Almighty  God,  we 
pray  Thee  to  give  us  a  Pentecostal  blessing  in  this  Assembly. 
Let  not  a  week  pass,  until  God  comes  in  mighty  power,  and 
multitudes  are  saved  and  sanctified.  Almighty  God,  come 
down  and  help  us  and  this  great  city.  Let  Thy  kingdom 
come.  Let  Thy  will  be  done  in  our  hearts.  Sanctify  all 
of  our  hearts  until  this  world  shall  be  redeemed  to  our 
Lord  and  His  Christ,  and  He  shall  reign  forever,  and 
Thou  shalt  have  the  glory,  world  without  end.  Amen." 
Scripture  Lesson,  Isaiah  55,  read  by  Bro.  A.  M.  Hills. 
SERMON  BY  BRO.  J.  P.  BRUSHINGHAM. 

Text:  "Sir,  we  would  see  Jesus."  John  xii:2i. 
"Tarry  ye  in  the  City  of  Jerusalem."   Luke  xxiv  149. 

Some  of  the  Greeks  that  were  proselytes,  came  up 
to  Jerusalem  to  the  Feast  of  the  Passover.  And  they 
came  with  the  exclamation  on  their  lips :  "Sir,  we  would 
see  Jesus !" 

After  Philip  and  the  others  had  been  converted,  Jesus 
the  Divine  Master,  who  conversed  with  him  on  this  occa- 
sion said :  "This  is  not  all  there  is  for  you.  'Tarry  ye  in 
the  City  of  Jerusalem,  until  ye  be  endued  with  power 
from  on  high.'  " 

There^is  no  word  appropriate  to  express  the  present 
climacteric  state  of  things.  We  are  not  here  simply  for 
dress  parade. 

Christ's  Personal  Power. — I  call  your  attention 
to  the  power  and  influence  of  a  personal  Christ 
on  our  salvation.    I  want  to  say  to  you  in  the  first 


84  ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 

place  that  Jesus  and  His  personal  power  on  the  lives  of 
men  can  never  die  out.  It  is  impossible.  Pharaoh  tried 
to  put  Closes  to  death,  but  failed.  Herod  tried  to  put 
him  (who  came  from  that  obscure  village  of  the  Roman 
Empire)  to  death  when  a  babe,  but  could  not  do  it. 

If  there  is  anything  ifi  your  voice  or  heart  of  testi- 
mony to  the  consistency  of  holy  living,  the  world  wants  it. 
"And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up,"  said  Jesus,  **will  draw  all 
men  unto  me."  We  need  no  argument;  we  need  no 
demonstration;  we  need  no  proof  in  a  logical  formal  way 
— all  we  need  to  do  is  to  hold  Him  up  faithfully,  both  by 
word  of  mouth  and  exemplary  life,  presenting  Him  to  the 
world,  and  He  will  win  His  own  way. 

Enthroning  Christ. — If  I  understand  the  meaning  of 
this  assembly,  it  is  to  enthrone  the  living  Christ  in  the 
hearts  of  the  people.  You  cannot  have  a  photograph  of 
Christ.  It  doesn't  appear  that  photography  had  reached 
its  present  stage  in  that  day.  Nor  have  we  a  phonograph 
of  Air.  Edison's  to  reproduce  His  precious  words  as  they 
fell  from  His  lips.  But  you  and  I  may  reproduce  His 
Spirit  and  present  Him  to  the  world  as  a  Saviour  and  Re- 
deemer. We  are  here  waiting  for  a  baptism  of  His  Holy 
Spirit. 

Holiness  the  Climax  of  Christianity. — What  is  the 
climax  of  all  Christianity?  Holiness  and  Sanctification. 
That  includes  the  Holy  One.  That  includes  the  Sanctifier. 
Of  course  there  is  no  preaching  greater  than  the  preacher. 
There  is  no  doctrine  greater  than  the  teacher.  There  is 
no  salvation  greater  than  the  Saviour.  I  believe  in  the 
possibility  of  full  salvation.  I  know  something  of  it  by 
experience,  I  believe  in  the  Saviour.  I  believe  in  a 
Holy  God,  because  I  believe  a  Holy  God  will  not  have 
unholy  people  as  His  chosen  ones.    We  want  nothing  less 


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85 


than  an  indwelling  Christ  and  a  baptism  of  the  Spirit 
resting  upon  us. 

To  see  Jesus. — In  what  sense  would  men  want  to  see 
Jesus, — from  what  view-point?  He  is  interesting  from 
many  points  of  view.  I  have  no  patience  v/ith  the  modern 
sneer  at  theology.  Jesus  Christ  is  God  manifest  in  the 
flesh,  and  any  phase  of  the  science  of  God  is  interesting 
and  profitable. 

It  is  profitable  for  us  to  come  and  see  Jesus  histor- 
ically. We  see  Jesus  blessing  little  children;  feeding  the 
multitude;  standing  by  the  pool  restoring  the  impotent 
man,  when  there  was  nob@dy  to  help  him;  hearing  the 
cry  of  blind  Bartimaeus ;  turning  to  the  poor  invalid  of  12 
years,  who  touched  the  tassel  of  his  robe,  and  saying: 
''Be  of  good  cheer.  Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole ;" 
healing  the  sick  and  raising  the  dead.  What  a  field  for 
the  study  of  an  historic  Christ !  Strauss  and  Renan 
planted  their  guns  of  attack  along  the  lines  of  an  historic 
Christ.  You  might  as  well  expect  to  see  the  sun  and  stars 
fall  from  heaven,  as  to  see  Christ  taken  out  of  history. 

People  might  come  to  see  Christ  from  various  aspects 
and  points  of  view,  but  let  me  hasten  to  say  that  the  view 
point  which  is  most  precious  is  that  of  experience — that 
of  a  personal,  present  Saviour,  cleansing  us  from  all  sin. 
Some  would  like  to  see  Jesus  on  the  throne  of  Judgment, 
judicially,  when  great  and  smaH,  high  and  low  shall  ascend 
with  a  shout  and  at  the  voice  of  the  trumpet  all  shall 
be  raised  from  the  dead.  Others  would  prefer  to  see 
Jesus  in  glory.  What  we  want  to  see,  is  Jesus  as  a  pres- 
ent, personal  Saviour  from  all  sin,  and  then: 

"We'll  have  heaven  below, 
Our  Redeemer  to  know." 

Brother  John  McNeill  was  in  Chicago  preaching  on 

the  transfiguration  of  Jesus.    I  remember  his  saying  ''I 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


am  glad,  brethren,  that  I.  am  not  preaching  on  the  At- 
lantic coast.  'And  when  they  lifted  up  their  eyes,  they 
saw  no  man  save  Jesus  only.'  If  I  were  on  the  Atlantic 
coast  and  lifted  up  my  eyes,  I  would  want  to  go  home  and 
see  mother."  We  can  all  stay  a  little  longer  in  sin- 
cursed  Chicago,  or  New  York,  or  Boston  in  the  service  of 
the  Master. 

Personality  of  the  Saviour. — Why  do  we  come  to- 
gether? Why  do  we  come  to  church?  You  say: 
can  read  my  Bible  at  home."  You  say:  "I  want  time 
to  read  the  Sunday  morning  paper."  God  pity  that  kind 
of  diet !  It  is  the  personality  back  of  the  words  of  the 
preacher,  that  causes  us  to  prefer  the  spoken  word.  God 
pity  the  preacher  that  doesn't  put  anything  back  of  the 
printed  page  of  his  sermon !  When  Dr.  Storrs  was 
preaching  a  memorial  sermon  in  honor  of  the  great  Brook- 
lyn divine  he  said:  "Read  Beecher's  sermons?  You 
might  as  well  go  back  to  the  4th  of  July  with  its  exploded 
sky-rockets  and  broken  wheels,  after  it  was  all  over."  He 
said  you  would  miss  the  life  and  power  and  spirit.  I  am 
thankful  that  God  sent  His  Son,  that  we  might  know  a 
personal  Saviour.  Frank  Bristol,  when  passing  through 
Chicago,  said  that  his  church  in  Washington  was  always 
full  on  account  of  the  people  coming  to  see  the  president. 
He  said  you  might  think  it  foolish,  but  you  would  be  sur- 
prised at  the  number  who  come  up  and  say :  "I  wish  you 
would  take  me  up.  I  want  to  sit  in  President  McKinley's 
pew."  They  want  to  have  the  honor  of  saying  that  they 
have  sat  in  his  seat.  W.  T.  Stead  of  London  was  writing 
.a  letter,  and  started  to  say  "Be  a  Christian."    He  got  to 

the  last  word,  and  had  gotten  down  "Be  a  Christ  " 

when  he  was  called  away.  When  he  came  back  and  found 
what  he  had  written,  he  said  "I'll  not  finish  that.    I'll  let 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


87 


that  stand."  There  is  a  sense  in  which  we  are  to  be  a 
Christ  and  represent  Him. 

Christ  cannot  fall. — The  religion  that  is  centered 
around  Jesus  Christ  cannot  fall  any  more  than  the  sun 
can  fall  from  heaven.  We  are  not  to  come  with  small 
questions,  but  in  all  seriousness,  asking  "What  must  I 
do  to  be  saved," — to  be  fully  saved  ?  We  are  not  to  come 
sarcastically  or  ironically  asking,  for  those  who  do,  do 
not  want  an  answer.  And  we  must  not  come  like  the 
rich  man,  who  went  away  sorry  because  the  Master  said 
to  him :  "One  thing  thou  lackest :  go  thy  way,  sell  what- 
soever thou  hast,  and  give  it  to  the  poor."  We  must  come 
prepared  to  give  away  everything, — to  lay  everything  upon 
the  altar,  in  honest  and  whole-souled  sacrifice. 

Death  then  Life. — "Sir,  we  would  see  Jesus."  So 
Philip  took  them  to  Jesus.  Jesus  told  them :  "Except  a 
corn  of  wheat  fall  into  the  ground  and  die,  it  abideth 
alone :  but  if  it  die,  it  bringeth  forth  much  fruit."  He 
said,  if  you  have  come  to  have  a  good  time  and  simply 
to  see  me  on  my  throne  of  glory,  you  are  mistaken.  We 
put  a  kernel  of  corn  into  the  earth,  out  of  sight,  covered 
all  over,  in  contact  with  the  lowly  earth.  They  run  wag- 
ons over  it,  the  children  play  above  it.  It  begins  to  de- 
cay,— to  die.  Presently  there  is  a  little  opening  in  it  the 
size  of  a  pin  point.  Somebody  raps  at  the  door  and 
says :  "Let  me  in  and  I  will  help  you."  And  the  grain 
of  corn  says:  "O,  I  am  of  no  account.  I  am  dead.  I 
am  of  no  use.''  "Just  let  me  in,"  and  Mother  Nature 
goes  in  and  begins  her  work.  The  kernel  of  corn  sends 
its  little  roots  down  into  the  soil  and  shoots  a  tiny  blade 
up.  "First  the  blade;  chen  the  ear,  after  that  the  full 
corn  in  the  ear."  So  Christ  knocks  at  the  door  of  your 
heart  that  he  may  enter  in  and  do  a  work  which  you  cannot 
possibly  do  for  yourself.    First  dead  to  self,  alive  to  God 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


and  eternal  glory !  ("Amen.")  A  man  can  afford  to  be 
trampled  on  and  covered  up  out  of  sight,  if  the  mighty 
Christ  comes  in  and  becomes  his  "Mother  Nature." 
Christ  wants  us  to  be  faithful  even  unto  death.  Col.  Tur- 
ner said  when  he  went  out  to  battle  he  told  a  drummer 
boy  he  must  go  out,  saying  to  him,  "Boy,  you  will  take 
care  of  my  pocket-book  and  watch  and  those  boots.  I 
think  a  great  deal  of  those  boots."  When  he  came  back 
he  saw  that  a  stray  shot  had  left  a  dent  in  the  boy's  head 
and  he  was  dying.  He  looked  up  and  said,  "Colonel,  I 
have  kept  the  boots."  God  wants  us  to  keep  our  trust 
even  unto  death.  There  are  worse  things  than  dying.  It 
is  a  thousand  times  worse  to  live  to  sin  than  to  die  to  self. 
("Amen.") 

To  Be  Like  Him. — Paul  said :  "Let  this  mind  be  in 
you  which  was  also  in  Christ  Jesus,  who,  being  in  the  form 
of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal  with  God,  but 
made  Himself  of  no  reputation."  He  emptied  Himself  of 
Himself  and  humbled  Himself.  Reputation  is  what  we 
seem  to  be.  Character  is  what  we  are.  Reputation  is 
what  men  think  of  us.  Character  is  what  God  and  the 
angels  know  of  us.  Reputation  is  the  frescoed  adorn- 
ment. Don't  worry  about  your  reputation  if  your  char- 
acter stands  unimpeached.  "Wherefore  God  also  hath 
highly  exalted  him,  and  given  him  a  name  which  is  above 
every  name ;  that  at  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee  should 
bow,  and  that  every  tongue  should  confess  that  Jesus  is 
Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father."  We  are  to  be 
like  Him  in  humility.  "Let  this  mind  be  in  you  which  was 
also  in  Christ  Jesus."  That  is  a  very  simple  statement: 
Just  to  be  Hke  Jesus.  Yes,  it  is,  but  it  is  the  profoundest 
thing  in  the  world  to  be  like  Jesus.  ("Amen.")  You 
say  "I  am  only  human.  I  cannot  aspire  to  anything  like 
that."    But  he  was  human.    Take  the  words  of  Pilate 


ISAIAH  REID,  WILSON  T.  HOGUE, 

Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Chicago,  111. 


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"I  find  no  fault  in  this  man."  There  is  hope  for  us  if  "our 
Hfe  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God."  ("Amen.")  O,  the  glori- 
ous opportunity  of  sinless  manhood  and  sinless  woman- 
hood through  the  power  of  Jesus  Christ!  Let  Jesus 
Christ,  the  mighty  healer  come  in  and  cleanse,  and,  after 
He  has  emptied  you  of  all  sin,  let  Him  fill  the  vacuum. 
Jesus  Christ  didn't  always  stay  at  Jerusalem.  Jesus 
Christ  ascended  and  left  this  world.  But,  before  He  as- 
cended there  came  two  historic  scenes  of  His  life.  First, 
He  died  and  was  buried.  Second,  He  arose  again  from 
the  dead.  First,  let  us  be  dead  to  self,  and  rise  again  unto 
life  in  God.  (''Amen.") 

Spiritual  Dynamics. — We  are  living  in  an  electric  age. 
The  age  of  triumph  and  progress  in  the  material  world. 
When  F.  B.  Meyer  was  here,  he  told  how  somebody 
asked  a  famous  electrician  if  there  wasn't  more  electricity 
in  the  world  than  ever  before.  He  said :  "No.  We 
simply  know  how  to  utilize  the  electricity  now."  Mr. 
Edison  proposes  to  build  an  equipment  to  send  dispatches 
without  the  intervention  of  wires  through  from  dynamo 
to  dynamo.  Give  us  a  Christian  dynamo  charged  with  the 
full  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost !  Jesus  Christ  can  do  more 
for  us  in  the  spiritual  world  than  all  the  skill  and  science 
for  the  material  world.  "But  ye  shall  receive  power  after 
that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you."  Christian 
Dynamics  does  not  mean  Christian  apologetics  !  ("Amen !") 
We  have  no  answer  to  make  to  our  enemies  but  Jesus 
Christ  and  the  Holy  Ghost  which  He  promised  to  give  us. 

A  Critical  Time. — It  is  said  this  is  a  critical  time  for  the 
Holiness  movement.  If  it  is,  it  is  a  critical  time  for  Chris- 
tianity, too.  We  have  seen  three  great  temples  erected  in 
this  city,  within  a  very  short  space  of  time,  dedicated  to  the 
most  absurd  and  erratical  doctrines.  It  is  a  critical  time, 
but  thank  God,  we  are  not  discouraged.    (Cries  of  "No."). 


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We  catch  the  glorius  optimism  of  our  Lord,  when  He 
said  to  His  disciples  after  He  was  risen:  ''All  power  is 
given  unto  me  in  heaven  and  in  earth.  Go  ye  therefore 
and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  in  the  name  of  the  Father 
and  the  Son  and  the  Holy  Ghost;  teaching  them  to  ob- 
serve whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you,  and  lo,  I  am 
with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

Back  to  Christ. — What  we  want  in  religion  is  to  go 
back  to  Spurgeon,  back  to  Wesley.  Back  !  Back !  Back 
to  Jesus  Christ !  ("Amen !"  "Glory !").  There  was  a 
wavering  in  the  army.  They  were  falling  back  before 
the  enemy.  Gen.  McPherson  had  fallen  dead  in  battle. 
Who  would  take  his  place?  There  was  a  wavering  and 
falling  back  under  the  terrific  fire  of  the  enemy.  It  was 
a  critical  hour  for  the  "Boys  in  Blue."  They  didn't  know 
what  to  do,  but  the  "Black  Eagle  of  Illinois,"  Logan, 
stepped  forward,  caught  up  the  starry  flag;^,  unfurled  it 
above  his  head  and  cried  :  "Rally !  Rally !  Rally !  to  the 
colors."  As  the  men  in  blue  rallied  around  the  flag  they 
were  saved  from  dismay  and  led  to  victory.  Is  there  a 
wavering  in  the  ranks  of  the  Holy  Ghost  hosts  anywhere  ? 
Is  there  a  falling  back  in  the  face  of  the  enemy?  In  the 
name  of  this  great  assembly  we  unfurl  this  morn- 
ing the  Banner  of  Jesus,  blood  red,  the  flag  of  the  re- 
deemed, and  we  cry  from  the  depths  of  our  hearts.  Rally ! 
Rally !  Rally !  to  the  cause,  of  Jesus  Christ.  "More  love 
to  Thee  O  Christ !  More  love  to  Thee."  Will  you  join 
me  in  that  song  as  if  you  meant  it  ? 

Singing. — (Congregation  joining  heartily.) 

"More  love  to  Thee,  O  Christ, 

More  love  to  Thee, 
Hear  Thou  the  prayer  I  make, 

On  bended  knee. 
This  is  my  earnest  plea, 
More  love.  O  Christ,  ,  to  Thee, 

More  love  to  Thee. 


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"Once  earthly  joy  I  craved, 

Sought  peace  and  rest; 
Now  Thee  alone  I  seek, 

Give  what  is  best : 
This  all  my  prayer  shall  be 
More  love,  O  Christ,  to  Thee> 

More  love  to  Thee. 

"1'hen  shall  my  latest  breath 

Whisper  Thy  praise; 
This  be  the  parting  cry 

My  heart  shall  raise. 
This  still  its  prayer  shall  be, 
More  love,  O  Christ,  to  Thee, 

More  love  to  Thee." 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

Singing  by  congregation:  ''The  Half  has  Never  yet 
Been  Told,"  "Sunlight,"  and  ''There  is  Joy  in  My  Soul." 

Prayer,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Ridout  of  New  Jersey:  "We 
praise  Thee  Lord,  ior  this  Sabbath  day  in  Chicago.  We 
praise  Thee  for  the  privilege  of  being  associated  with  this 
assembly  on  this  blessed  Sabbath  day.  We  praise  Thee 
for  the  Holy  Bible  and  the  doctrine  of  holiness.  We 
praise  Thee  for  those  who  preach  this  precious  Gospel  of 
salvation.  We  praise  Thee  that  this  doctrine  has  not 
died  out,  but  that  it  is  alive  and  shall  live. 

"We  pray  Thee  that  this  Assembly  may  be  blessed  from 
heaven;  that  it  may  be  instrumental  in  unifying  and  har- 
monizing the  holiness  people ;  that  greater  impetus  may 
be  given  to  the  holiness  movement  everywhere.  We  praise 
Thee  that  this  is  not  a  matter  of  creed,  nor  of  doctrine,  nor 
of  dogma,  but  a  matter  of  experience.  We  bless  Thee  for 
salvation,  justification  and  sanctifiction ;  for  a  real,  clean- 
cut  conversion,  and  a  conviction  for  holiness  and  inward 
purity,  and  that  Thou  hast  delivered  so  many  from  inbred 
sin.  We  bless  Thee  that  so  many  can  sing  to-day  that 
they  are  over  in  Beulah  Land. 

"We  pray  for  Thy  blessing  on  this  afternoon  service. 


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We  want  this  service  to  be  blessed  of  God.  We  want, 
this  afternoon,  that  such  a  baptism  of  celestial  fire  may  fall 
in  our  midst  that  all  present  may  get  an  enduement  of 
Thine  holy  unction.  Assembled  here,  we  trust  with  one 
accord,  we  calmly  wait  before  Thee.  Come,  Holy  Ghost, 
and  fill  this  place,  and  Thou  shalt  have  the  praise  and  the 
glory,  now  and  forever  more.  Amen." 

Song  by  Bro.  and  Sister  Harris  :  "The  Old  Fountain." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  C.  J.  FOWLER. 
Text:  I  Cor.  iii.  I  hope  that  we  will  remember  that 
the  objective  end  of  this  afternoon  service  is  not  the  ser- 
mon, but  that  it  is  soul  salvation  that  is  all-important.  The 
sermon  I  expect  will  be  related  tp  that,  but  your  prayers 
and  attention  will  be  very  essential. 

The  passage  I  have  selected  as  a  text  is  Paul's  first  let- 
ter to  the  Corinthians,  Third  Chapter.*  (Reading  of  Chap- 
ter.) 

Christian  experience  is  life — soul  life.  "And  you  hath 
He  quickened,  who  were  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins."  And 
this  life  is  spiritual, — effected,  sealed  and  controlled  by  the 
Holy  Spirit  of  God ;  born  of  the  Spirit.  "As  many  as  are 
led  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  they  are  the  sons  of  God." 

This  spirituality,  this  life,  is  fruitful.  "The  fruit  of  the 
Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good- 
ness, faith,  meekness,  temperance."  Our  initial  experience 
then  is  divine,  and,  for  a  time  is  profoundly  satisfactory,  but 
only  for  a  time.  This  leads  me  to  say  that,  usually,  Chris- 
tian experience  is  contradictory.  One  is  not  only  conscious 
of  the  presence  of  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  love,  joy,p©ace, 
etc.,  but  he  becomes  conscious  of  the  presence  of  the  op- 
posite of  these  in  his  heart.  While  he  knows  love  is 
there,  he  is  conscious  of  the  presence  of  envy;  while  he 
knows  joy  is  there,  yet  there  is  a  tormenting  fear;  while 


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peace  is  there,  there  is  an  inner  conflict;  while  there  is 
long-suffering,  yet  there  is  impatience;  while  there  is 
gentleness,  there  is  something  of  self-will;  while  there 
is  goodness,  there  is  a  mixture  of  pride;  while 
there  is  meakness,  there  is  anger;  while  there  is  faith, 
there  is  a  condition  of  unbelief ;  and  while  there  is  tem- 
perance there  is  something  of  inordinate  desire.  While 
the  fruits  of  the  Spirit  are  there,  there  is  something  of  the 
opposites.  I  have  said  that,  usually.  Christian  experience 
is  contradictory.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  there  is  any 
exception.  John  Wesley  said  that  often  in  conversion  the 
''old  man"  got  such  a  blow  between  the  eyes  that  he  didn't 
rally  for  awhile,  but  it  is  only  a  question  of  time  and  a 
very  limited  time  before  the  regenerated  heart  will  awaken 
to  the  consciousness  of  these  untoward  things.  This  is  so 
real  as  to  suggest  doubt  that  he  ever  came  into  the  light. 
So  real  is  this  as  to  suggest  inquiry  on  his  part  as  to  the 
why  of  it  and  the  how  of  it.  He  says :  "Why,  if  I  am  con- 
verted, do  I  feel  this  thing?  Why  do  I  have  these  unto- 
ward things  in  me  ?"  Right  here  is  laid  the  foundation  that 
may  wreck  that  soul ;  or  here  is  laid  the  foundation  of  truth 
on  which  that  soul  can  build  a  structure  that  will  stand 
forever.  Let  that  soul  go  to  a  religious  teacher  and  raise 
this  question:  "Is  a  man  that  feels  pride,  unbelief,  self- 
will  and  anger  unconverted?  Or  does  it  mean  the  ab- 
sence of  spiritual  life?"  The  answer  may  effect  the  con- 
dition of  that  soul  forever.  To  say  to  that  person  "You 
are  not  converted.  Converted  people  never  feel  anger, 
pride,  unbelief  or  self-will."  To  teH  him  that,  is  liable 
to  discourage  him  forever.  But  say  to  that  person :  Yes, 
you  may  have  been  converted.  The  presence  of  those 
things  is  not  evidence  that  you  have  not  been.  You  want 
to  thank  God  for  the  things  He  has  done  for  you.  You 
must  remember  that  this  is  not  a  normal  condition.  God 


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has  something  better  yet  for  you.  He  not  only  can  con- 
vert you  He  proposes  to  cleanse  this  away. 

I  have  just  read  that  which  has  to  do  with  this  con- 
tradiction of  experience.  These  people  addressed  by  the 
apostle  are  "brethren," — evidently  not  unconverted  sinners, 
but  brethren  in  Christ.  You  will  note  he  calls  them  ''babes 
in  Christ."  It  is  true  they  were  babes  in  Christ.  The 
babe  is  in  the  human  family,  coming  through  the  door-way 
of  natural  birth,  just  as  much  as  the  mother  that  holds  it. 
These  babes  were  in  Christ,  and  were  brethren  in  Christ. 
They  are  spoken  of  as  God's  husbandry.  They  are  God's 
tilled  land;  God's  productive  soil.  And  they  were  God's 
building.  Building  carries  the  idea  of  ownership  and  oc- 
cupancy. "Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  the  temple  of  God, 
and  that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwelleth  in  you."  And  He  says 
they  are  holy.  Every  Christian  is  holy.  Not  that  every 
Christian  is  unniixedly  holy.  Before  you  and  I  were  con- 
verted, we  were  unholy.  The  power  of  unholiness  pos- 
sessec.  and  guided  us.  When  we  were  born  again,  the  prin- 
ciple of  holiness  was  put  in  us  and  guided  us.  In  that 
sense,  every  Christian  is  holy.  I  say,  to  be  a  Christian  at 
all  is  to  have  a  principle  of  genuine  divine  holiness  within 
you.  "Therefore  if  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he  is  a  new 
creature :  old  things  are  passed  away;  behold,  all  things  are 
become  new."  Now  the  will  of  God  is  enthroned  in  that 
soul,  and  that  soul  says  "yes"  to  the  divine  will ;  but  when 
we  are  first  converted,  we  don't  always  say  "yes,"  without 
a  protest. 

The  apostle  in  the  text  is  giving  a  large  place  to  con- 
version, regeneration  or  justification.  He  says :  "Breth- 
ren," "Babes  in  Christ;"  God's  productive  land,  holy  and 
belonging  to  Christ,  showing  clearly  a  condition  as  being 
children  of  God,  and  yet  he  said  he  could  not  speak  unto 
them  as  spiritual,  but  as  carnal.    And  that  distinguished 


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minister  and  reformer  of  New  York  has  scriptural  basis 
for  his  phrasing  when  he  says  "Carnal  Christians."  When 
one  says  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  carnal  Christian,  he 
breaks  with  Paul.  Paul  says  they  are  "Babes  in  Christ," 
but  are  carnal. 

I  want  to  ask  your  attention  to  the  popular  and  usual 
method  of  dealing  with  carnality.  There  are  two  great 
systems  of  theology,  with  which  we  are  pretty  familiar.  I 
refer  to  Calvinism  on  the  one  hand  and  Arminianism  on 
the  other.  Both  of  these  great  syste«is  teach  that  which 
I  am  trying  to  emphasize.  I  would  like  to  read  you  some- 
thing that  may  interest  you  from  the  Calvinistic  Cate- 
chism : 

"Question.  From  whom  does  God  defend  his  peo- 
ple? 

"Answer:    From  all  their  enemies. 
"Question:    Who  are  their  enemies? 
"Answer :    Sin,  Satan,  the  world  and  death  ;  the  worst 
of  which  is  indwelling  sin. 

"Question :    How  does  Christ  defend  believers  from 

sin? 

"Answer:  By  keeping  alive  the  spark  of  grace  in  an 
ocean  of  corruption. 

"Question :    What  is  meant  by  dying  to  sin  ? 

"Answer :  Ceasing  more  and  more  from  the  love  and 
practice  of  it. 

"Question :  "Do  not  the  remains  of  sin  in  our  old  man 
oppose  this  death? 

"Answer :    Yes.    Most  vigorously. 

"Question:    How  do  they  oppose  it? 

"Answer:  By  secret  lusting  and  violent  fighting 
against  grace  in  our  hearts. 

"Question :  Does  indwelling  sin  ever  prevail  against 
^race  ? 


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"Answer:    Yes.    Very  often    *  * 

There  is  a  clear  statement,  strong  enough  to  show 
that  what  I  am  undertaking  to  convey  is  scriptural  from 
the  standpoint  of  Calvinistic  doctrine. 

I  next  quote  you  from  the  Arminian  doctrine : 

"Original  sin  is  the  corruption  of  the  nature  of  every 
man,  whereby  man  is,  in  his  own  nature  inclined  to  evil 
and  that  continually.  And  this  infection  of  nature  does 
remain  in  them  that  are  regenerate,  and,  although  there  is 
no  condemnation  to*  them  that  believe,  yet  this  lust  has,  in 
itself,  the  nature  of  sin." 

The  position  taken  in  these  statements  is  not  peculiar 
to  the  Methodist,  Baptist  or  any  other  denominational 
credal  statement. 

Now,  when  you  come  to  the  Arminian  statement  and 
ask  when  sanctification  is  to  be  complete,  the  answer  is : 
It  may  be  before  death.  How?  There  ought  to  be  uni- 
formity of  answers  here.  All  who  claim  to  be  adherents 
to  Arminian  theories  ought  to  agree,  but  they  do  not. 
You  know  there  is  a  double  answer.  Some  say  you  get 
deliverance  by  growth  in  grace, — a  long  drawn  out  process. 
(Cries  of  "No.")  Others  say  you  get  it  by  faith,  a  sudden 
and  instantaneous  process.  Let  me  give  you  a  statement 
that  is  clear  and  interesting.  A  writer,  very  prominent 
in  Methodist  circles  is  writing  concerning  what  Methodists 
believe.    He  says : 

"Some  believe  and  even  assert  that  it  is  a  matter  of 
personal  experience,  that  following  regeneration  by  a  spe- 
cial and  separate  act  of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  answer  to 
prayer  and  faith  that  claims  it,  the  soul  may  immediately 
and  consciously  be  raised  to  a  state  in  which  all  evil  ten- 
dencies will  be  eradicated.  Others  believe  that,  by  con- 
tmuous  growth  it  may  ultimately  come  into  this  state 
while  yet  in  the  body." 


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For  a  few  moments  I  want  to  consider  this  last 
thought ;  growth  in  grace  as  a  method  of  getting  sanctifica- 
tion, — as  a  process  of  eliminating  this  old  man,  carnality, 
and  becoming  every  whit  whole.  vSome  say,  "but  you  do 
not  believe  in  growth  in  grace."  We  do  believe  in  it,  and 
we  think  as  nobody  else  believes  in  it.  Why  we  allow, 
brethren,  that  a  baby  that  has  pronounced  consumptive 
tendencies  will  grow,  but  a  baby  that  has  no  unhealthy 
tendencies  at  all  will  grow  much  better.  We  believe  an 
apple  with  a  worm  hole  in  it  can  grow,  but  an  apple 
without  the  worm  hole  will  grow  better.  We  are  not 
denying  growth  in  grace,  but  we  are  insisting  on  it  and 
insisting  upon  the  right  conditions  unto  growth  in  grace. 
What  do  people  mean  by  growth  in  grace  as  a  way  of 
getting  rid  of  the  old  man?  May  I  put  it  in  this  way: 
What  is  the  philosophy  of  it?  There  is  a  philosophy  of 
salvation.  The  Bible  is  full  of  the  philosophy  of  sal- 
vation. 

I  confess  that  I  do  not  know  what  this  "grow  in 
grace"  means.  I  have  no  way  of  knowing.  Nobody 
has  ever  told  me.  I  have  never  read  it  in  any  book,  or 
heard  it  in  any  sermon  or  testimony.  I  do  not  know 
what  these  dear  men  and  women  mean  by  growth  in 
grace  as  a  method  of  getting  sanctified  and  getting  rid 
of  the  old  man.  I  can  only  imagine.  If  I  accepted  this 
idea,  I  would  have  a  theory.  I  am  not  an  advofcate,  or 
believer  in  it.  I  want  to  suggest  that  growth  in  grace 
as  a  means  of  getting  rid  of  the  old  man  and  being 
sanctified  wholly  is  unreasonable  for  me  to  believe  and 
inequitable  for  God  to  require.  Here  is  a  man  con- 
verted whentwenty  years  of  age.  He  dies  when  he  is  eighty. 
Sixty  years  to  grow  out  carnality.  Another  is  converted 
at  twenty  and  dies  at  forty  years  of  age,  and  the  distance  is 
twenty  years.  Another  is  converted  at  the  age  of  twenty  and 


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dies  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  and  the  distance  is  twelve 
months.  Still  another  is  converted  at  twenty  years  of  age 
and  dies  within  a  week.  His  opportunity  to  get  sanctified 
by  growth  or  any  other  method  is  limited  to  one  week.  To 
tell  me  that  God  would  allow  it,  to  say  nothing  of  requiring 
one  man  to  wait  twenty  years  for  what  another  gets  in  a 
week  is  unreasonable.  Things  are  exactly  equal  here.  For 
God  to  allow  one  man  to  struggle  up  across  the  years 
with  this  thing,  to  the  end,  and  let  another  man  get  it 
in  six  days  or  one  day  would  be  unequal.  It  is  also  a 
misnomer.  People  who  say  we  get  sanctified  by  growth 
in  grace  do  not  mean  what  they  say.  Here  is  a  man 
present  this  afternoon,  eighty  years  of  age, — an  old  man, 
tottering  and  feeble  it  may  be.  One  of  you  holiness 
workers  has  talked  with  him.  That  dear  man  says  he 
was  converted  away  back  sixty  years  ago.  He  says : 
"I  don't  understand  what  you  are  saying  about  getting 
sanctified.  I  had  not  been  a  Christian  long  before  I 
noticed  them,  these  wrong  things  in  my  heart  and  I  am 
just  as  conscious  of  the  presence  of  them  in  my  heart 
now."  Now  it  is  four  o'clock,  I  will  say,  when  you  have 
this  conversation  with  that  venerable  Christian  brother. 
In  going  down  yonder  steps  he  slips  and  falls  and  breaks 
his  neck.  Five  minutes  after  you  were  talking  to  him  he 
was  in;  eternity.  His  opportunity  to  get  rid  of  those 
things  which  existed  in  his  heart  was  just  five  minutes. 
His  opportunity  to  outgrow  that  condition  was  five  min- 
utes. The  sixty  years  absolutely  counted  for  nothing  in 
getting  rid  of  the  old  man.  We  do  not  say  that  he  does 
not  get  rid  of  his  carnal  nature  in  the  five  minutes,  but 
we  do  insist  that  he  does  not  get  rid  of  it  by  growth  in 
grace.  (''Amen.")  Every  state  of  grace  is  clearly  ex- 
perimental. Every  phase  of  spirituality  has  two  sides, 
which  for  the  sake  of  trying  to  make  it  plain,  I  shall  des- 


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ignate  as  positive  and  negative.  I  can  remember  when 
I  was  awakened.  I  was  not  an  infidel,  nor  an  agnostic. 
I  could  have  preached  not  a  Httle  truth  before  I  was  con- 
verted. There  was  a  day  when  God  spoke  to  me  in  my 
inner  consciousness.  It  was  the  testimony  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  to  my  soul  that  I  was  a  sinner  and  doomed  to 
hell.  There  was  the  negative  side  and  there  was  the 
positive.  There  was  the  consciousness  of  being  a  sin- 
ner and  the  divine  testimony  to  my  soul  that  I  was  a 
sinner. 

If  we  get  sanctified  we  know  it.  I  am  not  saying 
now  whether  we  get  it  by  growth,  or  death,  by  purga- 
tory, or  how!  I  just  as  naturally  found  myself  in  with 
the  world  as  does  water  run  down  hill,  but  the  moment 
God  spoke  peace  to  my  heart,  God's  people  were  my 
people.  ("Amen.")  When  I  was  sanctified,  I  just  as 
naturally  took  to  the  holiness  people. 

You  never  heard  of  a  case  in  your  life  where  a  man 
got  the  divine  attestation  of  this  thing  we  are  speaking 
of,  who  said  "I  got  it  by  growth."  Here  is  a  man  that 
rises  and  says  he  was  converted  20  years  ago,  out  back 
of  his  good  old  father's  barn,  about  4  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon.  He  hadn't  been  converted  a  great  while  be- 
fore he  found  in  his  heart  something  that  led  him  to 
do  things  he  knew  he  ought  not  to  do.  He  went  to  his 
class-leader  and  minister,  and  they  told  him  that  was 
the  way  we  all  felt,  and  that  he  mustn't  conclude  that  he 
was  not  converted.  They  said  to  him :  "You  must  read 
your  Bible,  be  careful  to  attend  Sunday  School,  and  en- 
joy all  the  means  of  grace."  He  says:  "I  did.  I  read 
my  Bible;  I  attended  all  the  means  of  grace  the  best  I 
could,  and  I  found  I  was  growing  in  grace,  but  these 
things  that  so  distressed  me  were  still  there.    I  still  kept 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


on.  I  was  ver}'  active  in  church  and  Sunday  School.  I 
was  instrumental  in  doing  much  good,  and  by  and  by  it 
all  became  clear  and  I  was  sanctified  wholly,  all  through 
the  growth  of  grace."  You  never  heard  that  kind  of 
testimony  in  your  life.  (''Never.")  If  this  idea  of  growth . 
in  grace  is  correct,  you  ought  to  hear  it  every  day. 

Here  is  a  man  that  gets  up  and  says  :  "I  was  converted 
20  years  ago,  back  of  my  good  old  father's  red  barn, 
about  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  I  had  not  been  con- 
verted a  great  while  before  I  ound  these  things  in  my 
soul.  I  went  to  people  about  it  and  they  said  'we  are  glad 
you  came.  We  have  watched  you  with  interest.  We 
thought  you  were  converted.  We  are  glad  you  came  to 
us  with  this.  We  want  to  tell  you  there  is  another  work 
just  as  definite  as  this.'  ('That  begins  to  sound  natural !') 
If  3'ou  will  go  and  ask  God  to  sanctify  you  wholly,  He 
will  do  it."  I  didn't  know  any  better.  I  went  right  a1 
it  and  said :  "Come  now  and  do  this  work  in  me,  and 
God  did  it,  just  as  definitely  as  I  was  converted  out  back 
of  the  barn,  and  I  have  had  it  all  these  years.  Halleluljah !" 
You  have  heard  that  experience  everywhere.  ("Yes 
"Amen !")  The  next  time  somebody  says  the  way  to  get 
it  is  through  growth  in  grace,  very  courteously  ask  him 
if  he  got  it  in  that  way. 

I  want  to  bring  two  witnesses ;  two  men,  not  from 
the  common  walks  of  life.  I  want  to  bring  one  of  the 
greatest  men  Methodism  has  ever  had,  Wilbur  Fisk.  This 
man  of  God  was  twice  elected  bishop,  once  in  the  United 
States  and  once  in  Canada,  but  he  declined  the  office, 
feeling,  as  he  said,  that  he  could  do  more  good  devoting 
himself  to  the  education  of  the  young.  This  marvelous 
man  went  down  to  Cape  Cod  in  August,  1819,  to  attend  a 
small  tent  camp  meeting,  among  a  few  poke-b'onnet  old 


HOLINESS  ASS£JMBL7, 


101 


women ;  got  down  in  the  straw  and  asked  God  to  sanctify 
him.  He  said  he  was  instantaneously  deHvered  from  in- 
bred sin  and  all  doubts,  and  in  after  life  he  bore  witness 
to  what  he  got  in  the  straw  in  that  old  Plymouth  Camp 
Meeting  on  the  shores  of  Cape  Cod. 

Take  the  next  witness,  Stephen  Olin,  whom  the  his- 
torian says  stands  forth  with  commanding  prominence  in 
the  annals  of  the  Methodist  Church.  That  man,  with 
broken  health,  went  across  the  seas  and  visited  the  coast 
of  Africa  in  the  hopes  of  improving  his  condition.  While 
standing  one  afternoon  in  the  white  sands  by  the  Nile, 
looking  up  in  the  skies,  with  nobody  about  but  the  donkey 
boys  and  a  few  Arabs  to  look  on,  he  received  the  wit- 
ness and  broke  forth  in  shouts  over  the  marvelous  and 
magnificent  Hfe  he  got  in  the  fullness  of  the  gospel  of 
Christ. 

I  was  brought  out  from  darkness  into  light  as  clear 
as.day.  I  can  say  that  I  was  never  tempted  from  that 
minute  to  this  to  doubt  that  1  was  converted,  that  night 
in  the  old  Methodist  Church  in  the  White  Hills  of  New 
England.  I  got  conversion  in  that  little  old  church.  I 
need  not  tell  you ;  I  could  not  tell  you  those  heavenly  sen- 
sations that  accompanied  it,  and  God  has  used  me  as  an 
instrument  to  bring  thousands  of  precious  souls  to  Christ. 
On  the  occasion  of  my  sanctification,  I  went  into  a  service 
and  they  were  praying  for  somebody.  I  didn't  know  who. 
I  knew  it  fitted  me.  I  was  pastor  of  a  large  church  at 
the  time.  I  went  forward  and  Deacon  Morse  came  and 
knelt  by  my  side  and  began  to  pray.  He  said :  ''O,  God, 
we  are  unworthy  to  pray  for  this  preacher.  He  has  been 
a  successful  preacher."  I  hate  to  say  this,  but  this  if- 
what  he  said:  *'He  has  been  a  successful  preacher,  a  use- 
ful preacher.    He  is  pastor  of  a  commanding  church.  W^e 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GEyERAL 


are  unworthy,  etc."  I  knew  that  man  wasn't  working 
along  God's  Hne.  That  prayer  enhanced  my  suffering. 
He  seemed  to  be  conscious  of  this.  He  stopped  to  take 
a  breath  and  said :  **God  take  the  devil  out  of  this  fel- 
low." Here  I  was,  pastor  of  a  large  church,  and  here  I 
was  down  on  the  floor,  but  I  said :  "If  the  devil  is  in 
me,  I  want  that  prayer  answered ;  if  he  is  not  he  must 
not  come  in  now,"  and  I  stuck  to  it  and  God  brought  me 
in  and  I  am  in  now. 

My  soul  is  on  the  stretch  for  victory  here.  Give  us  such 
a  victory  as  shall  be  felt  all  over  the  world,  that  the  angels 
in  heaven  may  rejoice,  and  you  and  I  have  cause  to  shout 
hallelujahs  for  thousands  of  years  without  taking  breath ! 
O,  that  somebody  might  get  deliverance ! 

When  the  invitation  was  given,  about  twenty-five  seekers  came 
forward  and  half  the  congregation  crowded  around  the  altar. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

At  the  opening  of  this  session,  report  came  from  the 
street  meeting  in  charge  of  Sister  Cooke,  that,  with  ten 
requests  for  prayer  and  five  seekers  kneeling  on  the  pave- 
ments, the  meeting  had  been  broken  up  by  a  saloon-keeper, 
who  had  turned  in  a  call  for  the  police  patrol. 

Singing  by  congregation:  ''There's  Power  in  the 
Blood." 

Bro.  Fowler :  "God  has  put  my  soul  on  top  for  some- 
thing. I  have  been  praying  and  fasting  for  24  hours,  an«l 
He  has  told  me  that  He  was  going  to  bring  great  things 
to  pass.  God  is  going  to  answer  our  prayers.  It  would 
be  in  order,  I  think,  at  this  time,  to  listen  to  a  few  testi- 
monies." 

Sister  S.  B.  Shaw : — "I  am  first  on  my  feet,  because  I 
haven't  yet  testified  in  this  Assembly.  I  do  know  in  my 
inmost  soul  that  the  blood  of  Jesus  does  cleanse  from  all 
sin,  and  that  the  blessed  Spirit  takes  possession  and  does 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


103 


come  into  a  poor  human  heart,  ("Amen!")  God  does  at 
times  give  promises  of  victory  to  His  own.  I,  too,  am 
confident  that  God  is  going  to  work  mightily  among  us.'' 

A  Sister : — "I  praise  the  Lord  that  He  took  the  man- 
fearing  feeling  out  of  my  soul.  I  found  a  sister,  to-day, 
who  was  longing  for  this  second  blessing.  I  brought  her 
down  here,  and,  bless  the  Lord,  she  got  it  this  afternoon." 
("Amen!  Glory!") 

A  Delegate  : — "While  we  were  singing  'There's  Power 
in  the  Blood,'  it  seemed  to  me  that  I  was  in  heaven's  bor- 
der land.  This  is  heaven's  border  land  to  me.  There's 
victory  here." 

Bro.  Fowler : — "Get  your  cup  right  side  up !" 
("Amen !") 

A  Sister : — "I  do  praise  God,  because  He  is  such 
a  wonderful  God,  and  Jesus  Christ  such  a  wonderful  Sav- 
ior. I  praise  Him  to-night  for  salvation.  I  praise  His 
name  that  He  can  cleanse  me  from  all  sin.  I  am  wholly 
His,  and  He  is  wholly  mine." 

Bro.  J.  B.  Shaw: — "You  may  think  it  strange  when 
I  tell  you  that  I  have  been  looking  for  this  meeting  for 
two  years.  The  moment  I  read  the  announcement  for  this 
Assembly,  I  said :  'That  is  it.'  I  have  been  trying  to 
preach  salvation  for  many  years.  I  preach  it  because  I 
enjoy  the  experience  in  my  soul.  When  I  can't  preach 
that  way,  I  will  quit."    ("Amen !") 

•A  Brother: — "I  got  a  wonderful  victory  down  on  the 
street.  I  can  say  that  I  am  justified,  and  sanctified.  I 
am  glad  that  Jesus  is  able  to  satisfy.  I  am  satisfied  with 
the  quality,  but  I  want  more  of  it."  ("Amen!") 

Prayer  by  Bro.  J.  R.  Allen  of  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

Song  by  Brother  and  Sister  Harris :  "The  Riches  of 
Love." 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


SERMON  BY  BRO.  J.  S.  DEMPSTER. 
Subject:  The  Two  Baptisms. 

Text :  "I  indeed  baptize  you  with  water  unto  repentance,  but  He 
that  cometh  after  me  is  mightier  than  I,  whose  shoes  I  am  not 
worthy  to  bear,  He  shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire."    Matt.  3:11. 

The  anointed  eye  can  see  at  a  moment's  glance  that 
there  are  two  baptisms  spoken  of  in  my  text.  The  first 
is  the  baptism  of  John,  which  is  the  baptism  with  water 
unto  repentance ;  the  second  is  the  baptism  of  Jesus,  which 
is  the  baptism  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with  fire.  You 
can  also  discern  that  the  baptism  of  John,  which  is  the 
baptism  with  water  unto  repentance,  is  received  before 
the  baptism  of  Jesus,  which  is  the  baptism  with  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  with  fire;  or  in  other  words,  the  baptism  of 
Jesus  is  not  received  at  the  same  time  that  we  receive  the 
baptism  of  John,  but  is  received  subsequent  to  the  first 
baptism.  Here  we  can  see  that  the  baptism  of  John  repre- 
sents "the  first  blessing"  and  that  the  baptism  of  Jesus 
is  "the  second  blessing;"  so  that  Mr.  Wesley  was  correct 
when  he  said  that  we  are  justified  before  we  are  sanctified. 

We  notice  in  the  first  place,  that  in  order  to  receive  the 
first  baptism,  it  is  necessary  to  comply  with  the  Scriptural 
conditions  of  repentance,  which  may  be  summed  up  in 
Holy  Ghost  conviction,  godly  sorrow,  which  implies  an 
utter  detestation  of  all  willful  transgressions  against  a 
known  law,  complete,  open-hearted  confession  to  God, 
reparation  to  Him  and  to  our  fellow  man  as  far  as  lieth 
in  our  power;  an  utter  abandonment  of  all  occasions  to  sin 
as  far  as  our  vocation  in  life  will  permit,  and  faith  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  as  our  personal,  present  Savior. 

You  will  also  nonce  in  the  word  of  God  several  sym- 
bols or  types  of  The  Hoty  Spirit,  such  as  water,  oil,  wind 
and  fire.   This  is  why  we  baptize  with  water;  because  it  is 


R.  L.  SELLE, 
Denton,  Texas. 


J.  McD.  KERR, 
Toronto,  Ont. 


THOS.  H.  NELSON, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


E.  GOOD^^IAN. 
Chicago,  111. 


MRS.  T.  H.  XELSOX, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


H.  ACKERS. 
Big  Prairie,  Ohio. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


105 


the  outward  symbol  of  the  inward  work  of  regeneration, 
in  the  moral  nature  of  those  who  have  received  John's 
baptism.  Water  of  itself  makes  no  change  in  the  moral 
nature  of  any  individual ;  whether  we  are  sprinkled,  poured 
upon  or  immersed.  I  am  at  a  loss  to  know  why  so  many 
lay  such  stress  on  water  baptism,  who  utterly  ignore  the 
work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  repentance  and  regenera- 
tion of  the  soul.  It  seems  strange  to  any  spiritually 
anointed  teacher,  why  some  should  lay  such  stress  on 
water,  as  if  oxygen  and  hydrogen  could  work  any  change 
upon  the  spiritual  nature  of  man.  What  we  need  to  preach 
to  sinners  is  not  that  they  "come  and  join  our  church 
and  be  baptized,"  but  come  down  in  the  sackcloth  of 
humiliation  to  the  cross  of  Jesus,  and  with  contrite  and 
broken  hearts,  cry  out  to  God  in  the  language  of  the 
publican's  prayer,  "God  be  merciful  to  me  a  sinner,"  and 
on  their  faces  -before  God,  with  hearts  lifted  unto  Him, 
the  friend  of  sinners,  pray  until  the  voice  of  heaven  would  » 
speak  into  their  hearts,  "son,  daughter,  thy  sins  are  for- 
given thee ;  arise  and  go  in  peace ;"  until  they  would  be 
able  to  say,  down  in  the  depths  of  their  very  hearts  "being 
justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace  with  God  through  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."  Rom.  5:1.  And  know  that  He  the 
blessed  Spirit,  has  given  them  the  witness  that  they  are 
His  children,  His  adopted  sons  and  daughters.  "For  as 
many  as  received  Him,  to  them  gave  He  power  to  become 
the  sons  of  God." 

Secondly,  you  will  notice  that  oil  is  also  a  symbol  or 
type  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  for  the  psalmist  speaks  of  the 
oil  of  the  joy  of  gladness,  and  we  notice  that  kinp^s  and 
priests  in  the  Old  Testament  dispensation  were  anointed 
with  oil  on  entering  into  their  offices. 

Thirdly,  that  wind  is  another  type  of  the  Holy  Spirit ; 


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ECHOES  OF  TEE  GENERAL 


for  in  the  upper  room  we  read,  in  the  second  chapter  of 
Acts,  that  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fully  come  they 
were  altogether  in  one  place,  and  that  suddenly ;  mind  you 
not  by  development  or  culture  or  growth  or  gradual  proc- 
ess, but  suddenly,  ''there  came  from  heaven  a  sound;"  (I 
like  those  sounds  from  heaven,  there  is  something  sub- 
lime, heavenly,  divine  about  them,)  "as  of  the  rushing  of 
a  mighty  wind  and  it  filled  all  the  house  where  they 
were  sitting."  There  was  a  heavenly  cyclone  there.  O 
Lord  send  some  such-like  mighty  cyclones  through  all  the 
churches. 

Fourthly.  Fire  is  a  symbol  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  It 
were  a  foolish  thing  to  say  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  fire  or 
wind  or  oil  or  water.  These  are  but  the  symbols  or  types 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  It  would  be  a  foolish  thing  to  say  that 
the  baptism  of  repentance  was  one  blessing,  and  that  the 
baptism  of  water  was  the  second  blessing;  ^or  every  care- 
ful Bible  student  knows  that  the  baptism  of  water  is  but 
the  outward  symbol  of  the  inward  baptism  of  repentance. 
So  we  see  that  it  is  a  foolish  thing  for  some  to  teach  that 
the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  sanctification  of  the 
soul  is  a  second  blessing,  and  that  the  baptism  of  fire  is  a 
third  blessing.  It  would  be  just  as  sensible  to  teach  that 
when  we  receive  the  baptism  of  water,  that  we  receive 
the  subsequent  blessing  to  repentance. 

How  foolish  it  would  be  to  say,  "I  baptize  you  in  the 
name  of  the  Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  water"  or  to 
dismiss  a  congregation  by  saying,  ''may  the  blessing  of 
God  the  Father  and  of  God  the  Son,  and  of  fire,  remain 
with  you" ! 

The  Holy  Ghost  is  a  divine  person.  He  is  not  merely 
an  attribute  or  an  operation  or  influence.  He  is  very 
God.   Certainly  the  attributes  of  God  are  ascribed  to  Him, 


UOLINEiiS  ASSEMBLY, 


107 


as  eternity,  Heb.  9:  14,  omnipresence,  Psalm  139:  7,  om- 
niscience, I  Cor.  2:  10,  II,  power,  Rom.  15:  13-19;  The 
Holy  Spirit  is  God.  I  say  it  reverently,  if  He  is  not  God, 
the  church  is  deceived  ;  the  Bible  deceives  us,  and  if  the 
Holy  Spirit  is  not  God,  we  have  no  way  to  be  undeceived. 
But  blessed  be  God !  He  is  truly  God,  while  yet  the  third 
and  distinct  person  in  the  Godhead.  It  is  His  office  work 
to  witness  to  the  forgiveness  of  the  pardoned  sinner ;  and 
He  is  the  executive  agent  in  the  sanctification  of  every 
believer  who  has  abandoned  all  to  God,  purging,  purify- 
ing, filling,  setting  him  on  fire  with  His  own  blessed  pres- 
ence, revealing  unto  us  Jesus  in  a  fuller  and  grander  and 
deeper  sense  in  the  sanctification  of  our  souls. 

So  that  we  see  in  our  text  not  three  baptisms,  but 
two ;  not  three  blessings,  but  two  blessings ;  the  baptism  of 
John,  which  is  the  baptism  of  water  unto  repentance,  and 
the  baptism  of  Jesus,  which  is  the  baptism  with  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  fire. 

Some  may  ask  me,  "Is  it  right  to  be  immersed?"  to 
which  I  answer  that  after  close  and  critical  study  upon  the 
subject,  I  fail  to  find  any  command  within  the  lids  of  the 
Bible  as  regards  the  mode  of  baptism ;  and  the  Methodist 
Church  has  very  wisely  given  free  liberty  to  all  her  chil- 
dren to  be  baptized  in  whatever  mode  they  so  des'ire. 

As  it  is  necessary  to  comply  with  the  scriptural  con- 
ditions in  order  to  receive  the  first  baptism,  so  also  is  it 
necessary  to  comply  with  the  scriptural  conditions  in  order 
to  receive  the  second  baptism.  As  the  willfully  impenitent 
can  never  know  Jesus  as  their  personal  Savior,  so  also  the 
believer  unabandoned  to  God  as  a  living  sacrifice,  can 
never  know  Jesus  as  their  sanctifier  or  baptizer  with  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

You  will  notice  the  word  He  in  the  text;  not  it  feut 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


He,  a  personal  pronoun.  He  is  the  baptizer.  He  is  the 
One  that  will  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire,  if  you  will  ''yield  yourselves  unto  God  as  those  that 
are  alive  from  the  dead."  Rom.  6:  13.  If  you  will  pre- 
sent your  body  a  living  sacrifice,  (mind  you,  not  a  dead 
sacrifice,)  but  present  your  body  as  a  living  sacrifice,  holy 
acceptable  unto  God,  which  is  your  reasonable  service." 
Mind  you,  it  is  not  unreasonable,  but  your  reasonable 
service.  And  be  not  conformed  to  this  world  so  that  ye 
may  be  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your  mind,  that 
you  may  prove  for  yourseW  what  is  that  good  and  accepta- 
ble and  perfect  will  of  God  concerning  you. 

Many  fail  to  receive  Christ  as  their  baptizer  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  and  with  fire  because  they  will  not  make  this 
complete  and  unreserved  abandonment  to  the  will  of  their 
heavenly  Father.  But  if  ever  you  do  receive  it,  it  will  be 
only  on  the  conditions  which  are  laid  down  by  the  Apos- 
tle Paul  in  the  12th  chapter  of  Romans,  ist  and  2nd  verses. 
All  conformity  to  this  world  must  be  abandoned.  You 
must  get  to  the  end  of  your  entire  consecration,  and  in 
earnest,  believing  prayer  beseech  Him,  the  mighty  im- 
powering  baptizer,  to  sanctify  your  heart,  to  fill  you  with 
His  personal  presence,  and  to  make  you  a  living  flame  of 
fire. 

I  have  said  before  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  not  a  mere 
attribute,  influence  or  operation ;  but  that  He  is  a  distinct 
person;  that  He  is  a  divine  personality;  that  He  is  not 
water  or  oil  or  wind  or  fire ;  but  as  Malachi  3 :  2  states, 
''He  is  like  a  refiner's  fire."  And  this  is  what  He  seems 
like  unto  to  every  believing  child  of  God  who  has  entered 
into  the  gracious  experience  of  the  second  baptism :  first, 
He  comes  in,  taking  away  the  stony  heart,  and  giving 
you  a  heart  of  flesh.  You  find  your  heart  all  breaking  up 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


109 


before  God  in  great  tenderness,  and  as  the  gold  ni  the 
refiner's  crucible  is  melted  up  by  the  fiery  baptism  it 
receives  in  the  furnace,  so  also  you  find  your  heart  all 
melted  up  in  the  fiery  baptism  which  He  the  baptizer  bap- 
tizes you  with.  Glory  to  God!  But  He  not  only  comes 
in  to  melt  you  all  up,  but  He  comes  in  to  purify  your 
heart  and  to  bring  your  moral  nature  into  perfect  harmony 
with  His  own  blessed  self;  destroying  all  the  ifs  and 
buts  and  maybes  and  guess-sos  and  hope-sos  and  think- 
sos,  giving  you  the  divine  assurance  in  these  words  "for 
by  one  offering  He  hath  perfected  forever  chem  that  are 
sanctified,  whereof  the  Holy  Ghost  also  is  a  witness." 
Heb.  lo:  14,  15. 

But  He  not  only  comes  in  to  purify  you ;  for  having 
sold  out  all,  so  that  in  the  language  of  the  Apostle  Paul 
you  can  say  "I  am  crucified  with  Christ,  never-the-less  I 
live,  yet  not  I  but  Christ  liveth  in  me,  and  the  life  which 
I  now  live  in  the  flesh  I  live  by  the  faith  of  the  Son  of 
God  who  loved  me  and  gave  himself  for  me;"  He  comes 
in  to  make  you  valuable.  As  the  fire  purifies  the  gold  and 
makes  it  precious,  so  you  become  one  of  the  precious  valu- 
able ones  in  the  sight  of  God,  who  cannot  be  bought,  who 
will  not  compromise  with  evil  in  any  shape  or  form,  but 
in  the  spirit  of  your  loving  Lord  will  become  a  living 
witness  or  martyr  both  by  life  and  testimony  to  declare 
boldly  what  He  the  mighty  Baptizer  has  done  for  you. 

Fourthly.  He  comes  in  as  the  mighty  attractor  of 
human  souls ;  not  to  attract  people  merely  to  you^  but  to 
himself.    Here  is  a  lesson. 

Some  think  that  learning,  culture,  sentimental  affec- 
tation, put-on-smiles,  so-called  politeness,  oratorical  elo- 
quence, large  organized  choirs,  a  great  display  of  ecclesi- 
astical pomp,  the  writing  up  of  elaborate  reports  in  world- 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


ly  newspapers,  the  uniting  of  a  lot  of  ecclesiastical  force, 
the  systematic  arrangement  of  plans,  expensive  advertis- 
ing, the  great  show  of  five  or  six  hundred  people  signing 
cards  as  make-believe  conversions  will  attract  souls  to 
Jesus ;  but  alas !  alas !  What  a  fruitless  failure  this  has 
all  been !  O  precious  ministers  of  God !  Workers  in  the 
Lord's  vineyard !  O  that  we  would  learn  the  lesson  that 
He,  and  He  only,  is  the  mighty  attraction!  If  all  these 
things  would  attract,  then  we  would  have  the  glory;  but 
He  is  a  jealous  God,  and  whatever  we  do  must  be  done 
only  to  glorify  Him.  He  puts  an  attraction,  a  shine  upon 
us  such  as  Stephen  had,  who  in  the  face  of  death  out  of 
love  for  the  Lord  Jesus  wins  the  most  hardened  to  Cal- 
vary's Christ.  But  then  He  not  only  melts  and  purifies, 
makes  valuable  and  attracts,  but  He  puts  a  move  in  us 
(somehow  I  like  the  name,  the  holiness  movement)  like 
a  mighty  host  of  heaven's  artillery,  we  are  moving  on  on 
our  whit'^  hor.^es  of  swiftness  and  with  our  message  of 
purity  declarint;-  to  the  whole  world,  or  at  least  to  that 
part  committed  to  our  care,  that  Jesus  died,  not  only 
to  save  the  sinner  from  hell,  but  to  sanctify  His  believing" 
children ;  not  only  to  give  them  a  birthright  of  victory 
over  the  world,  the  flesh  and  the  devil,  but  to  make  them 
more  than  conquerors  through  Him  who  has  loved  us 
and  washed  us  from  our  sins  in  His  own  blood ;  who  has 
made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God,  and  His  Father,  to 
Him  be  glory  and  dominion  forever  and  ever.  Amen. 
•  flonday,  flay  6. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

Devotional  exercises  commenced  at  8  a.  m.,  conducted 
by  Bro.  G.  R.  Buck. 

The  Assembly  convened  in  business  session  at  9 130 
a.  m.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


Ill 


Bro.  Geo.  Hughes  reported  that  he  was  in  receipt  of  a 
letter  addressed  to  the  Assembly  from  the  Oxford  Club 
of  Drew  Theological  Seminary,  at  Madison,  N.  J.,  and  that 
Bro.  P.  H.  Murdick,  of  that  institution,  was  present  to  rep- 
resent said  Oxford  Club  at  this  Assembly.  On  motion, 
the  Secretary  was  ordered  to  read  the  letter  to  the  Assem- 
bly, and  Bros.  Geo.  Hughes  and  A.  McLean,  were  made  a 
committee  to  respond  to  same.  By  consent  of  the  Assem- 
bly, Bro.  Murdick  was  introduced,  and  he  addressed  the 
Assembly,  to  which  the  President,  C.  J.  Fowler,  briefly  re- 
sponded. 

On  motion,  it  was  decided  to  appoint  two  committees 
of  seven  members  each, — one  to  be  a  Committee  on  Deliv- 
erances, to  formulate  an  expression  of  the  sense  of  this 
l^octy  on  questions  of  Doctrine ;  the  other,  to  be  a  Commit- 
tee on  Permanent  Methods,  to  prepare  a  report  on  the 
best  methods  for  advancing  the  kingdom  of  God,  and,  es- 
pecially that  part  which  relates  to  the  spread  of  Scriptural 
Holiness  over  these  lands. 

Bro.  T.  K.  Doty  moved,  and  the  motion  prevailed, 
that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  by  the  chair  to  nomi- 
nate the  members  of  the  Committees  on  Methods  and  De- 
liverances. 

On  motion  the  business  session  adjourned. 
Song  by  Sisters  Nelson  and  Birdsall :    ''Christ  Loved 
Me." 

Prayer  by  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler :  ''Our  Heavenly  Fa- 
ther, may  Thy  servant  have  the  anointing  of  the  Spirit 
as  he  presents  the  message  this  morning,  and  may  all  of 
us  who  hear  the  Word  of  God  have  the  anointing  we  need 
for  the  great  responsibility  of  hearing  Thy  truth.  Have 
we  not  read:  'Take  heed  therefore  how  ye  hear'?  Bless, 
we  pray  Thee,  him  who  shall  speak  and  all  who  hear.  Bless 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


all  that  is  done  here  in  the  days  to  come,  and  may  this  As- 
sembly, in  all  things,  redound  to  Thy  glory.  We  ask  it  in 
the  name  of  Jesus.  Amen." 

SERMON  BY  PRES.  A.  M.  HILLS. 

Text :  "Like  as  He  which  hath  called  you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy 
in  all  manner  of  conversation;  Because  it  is  written,  Be  ye  holy;  for 
I  am  holy."    i  Peter  1:15-16. 

We  have  been  distracted,  somewhat,  by  our  business 
session,  and  the  Lord  has  seen  fit  not  to  let  me  use  any 
text,  or  any  sermon  that  I  have  ever  preached  in  my  life, 
and  I  bring  you  the  message  from  God  as  He  shall  give  it 
to  me.  I  want  you  to  help  me,  during  the  few  moments 
you  shall  listen  to  me,  by  your  sympathies  and  prayers. 

The  first  word  of  the  text  is  suggestive :  *Xike.'' 
God  has  made  us  imitative  beings  for  "a  divine  purpose. 
The  little  boy  not  two  years  old  will  imitate  papa's  voice 
and  papa's  gestures.  The  pupil  in  school  will  imitate  his 
chosen  professor,  and  will  seem  to  do  it  unconsciously. 
The  preacher  will  grow  into  imitating  his  ideal  preacher. 
They  tell  us  the  woods  of  the  South  are  full  of  "would-be 
Sam  Jones."  God  never  made  but  one,  but  people  will 
imitate  him.  The  officer  will  imitate  the  superior  officer 
that  he  admires.  And  God  appeals  to  this  divinely  planned 
impulse,  and  holds  up  as  our  ideal  "Like  as  He  which  hath 
called  you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy."  All  men  are  moved 
by  ideals.  The  student  of  warm  heart  and  generous  im- 
pulses in  college,  through  literature,  gets  an  ideal  which 
transforms  and  shapes  his  whole  life  and  holds  him  steady 
to  a  line  of  activity.  The  artist  has  an  ideal  and  that  ideal 
makes  him  a  painter  and  brings  out  the  best  that  is  in  him. 
The  sculptor  has  an  ideal;  and  that  somehow  gets  into 
every  stroke  of  the  mallet  and  every  touch  of  the  chisel  and 
shapes  the  future  statue.  God  is  holding  before  His  imi- 
tative child  the  ideal  of  excellence,  and  that  ideal  is  lifted 


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up  in  the  infinities  of  the  very  heavens,  and  is  none  other 
than  the  infinite  God  Himself. 

My  text  leads  me  first  to  describe  this  holiness  which 
God  holds  up  to  us ;  second,  to  show  why  we  should  have 
it;  third,  how  to  get  it. 

I.  You  will  pardon  me  if  I  say  something  under  this 
first  head,  that  many  of  you  have  heard  so  often  that  it  has 
become  stale  to  you.  In  every  assembly  there  are  some 
new  souls  that  have  not  heard  of  some  of  these  things. 
Although  I  was  a  graduate  of  two  of  the  most  famous  uni- 
versities, I  didn't  know  the  A,  B,  C's  of  holiness.  After  I 
had  preached  twenty-one  years,  I  was  still  ignorant  of  it. 
It  may  be  there  is  some  one  here  that  does  not  know  more 
about  it  than  I  did  six  years  ago.  If  so,  let  me  tell  what 
this  means  and  what  we  are  talking  about.  We  have  to 
state  negatively  and  positively. 

1.  People  are  all  the  time  going  about  and  saying  we 
teach  that  we  get  above  temptation.  Bless  vour  souls ! 
Adam  was  tempted  in  Paradise  in  the  Garden  of  Eden. 
The  angels  no  doubt  were  tempted  in  heaven.  Jesus 
Christ  was  tempted,  and  God  said  we  were  to  count  it 
all  joy  when  we  fell  into  diverse  temptations.  There 
is  not  a  spot  this  side  of  Glory  where  there  are  no  tempta- 
tions. 

2.  Again  people  say  we  teach  that  we  get  where  we- 
cannot  sin.  No  intelligent  holiness  teacher  has  ever 
said  such  a  thing,  I  have  read  eighty  or  ninety  holiness 
books.  I  have  read  everything  I  could  get  my  eyes  on. 
I  agree  with  Bro.  Reid,  when  he  says  **We  mav  sin  but  we 
do  not  have  to  sin."  I  do  not  suppose  there  is  a  brothei 
present  in  this  body  who  will  not  say  that. 

3.  Sanctification  does  not  give  us  Adamic  perfection. 
Dr.  Fowler  may  be  as  holy  this  morning  as  Adam  was  be- 


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ECHOI-S  OF  THE  GESERAL 


fore  he  fell :  Init  Adam  had  a  body  so  perfect  as  it  came 
from  God  that  even  after  he  had  fallen  it  would  live  a 
thousand  years.  Our  beloved  moderator  may  not  have  as 
sound  judgment,  or  as  retentive  a  memory  as  Adam  had ; 
but  he  may  have  as  clean  a  heart.  How  we  have  been 
slandered !  But  we  bear  it  the  best  we  can. 

4.  I  want  to  say  in  the  interest  of  God's  blessed  truth 
that  we  do  not  teach  that  we  get  so  holy  that  we  do  not 
depend  on  the  atoning  work  of  Christ.  I  have  never  met 
any  Christians  so  consciously  and  constantly  dependent  on 
the  atoning  work  of  Jesus  as  these  holiness  people.  Glory 
to  God !  If  they  will  tolerate  me,  I  will  them.  Frances 
Ridley  Havergal  said :  ''Every  moment,  Lord,  I  need  the 
merit  of  thy  blood." 

But  positively,  what  is  this  blessing?  Well,  to  cut  the 
matter  short,  I  will  say  that  it  brings  deliverance  from  in- 
bred sin.  In  regeneration,  you  had  something  put  into 
you  that  yo-u  never  had  before,  a  trend  of  the  will  towards 
God  and  righteousness ;  but  there  was  something  left  in 
you  that  you  had  always  had,  and  that  was  the  old  carnal 
mind,  the  law  of  sin  and  death,  the  old  man, — just  like 
the  old  fellow  himself,  and  you  ought  to  know  what  it 
means.  I  was  up  in  ^lichigan  doing  revival  work,  stop- 
ping in  a  minister's  family.  He  seemed  to  be  a  very  godly 
man  and  his  wife  a  Christian  woman,  and  yet  there  was 
their  boy — the  little  fellow  had  some  big  sores  and  lump?- 
on  his  head.  I  asked  her  about  it,  and  she  said,  "O,  he 
has  a  temper,  and  gets  mad  and  bunts  the  door-knob  with 
his  head."  That  is  inbred  sin.  That  is  the  stuff  that  re 
generation  does  not  take  out.  I  have  known  a  bald- 
headed  doctor  of  divinity  and  theological  professor  with 
world-wide  fame  as  a  scholar  and  author  lose  his  temper 
in  the  class  room.    Didn'   a  Chicago  doctor  of  divinity 


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115 


of  national  reputation  a  few  years  ago  go  before  a  national 
body  and  make  an  exhibition,  giving  himself  away,  caus- 
ing his  brethren  to  grow  heartily  ashamed  of  his  display 
of  temper?  Regeneration  didn't  take  it  out  of  them.  It 
has  got  to  go  out  before  we  get  to  heaven.  ("Sure.")  It 
is  that  which  puts  the  "peacock"  strut  in  men,  and  makes 
women  proud  of  their  apparel  and  proud  of  their  beauty. 
It  is  that  which  makes  the  heart  flash  with  temper,  bring- 
ing the  flush  to  the  cheek,  and  causes  us  to  spit  out  words 
as  sharp  as  -a  dagger.  That  is  what  it  is ;  that  old  man 
that  crops  up  in  the  heart ;  and  if  we  will  let  Him,  God  will 
look  down  in  love  and  cause  that  to  be  taken  out  of  us. 
("Amen.") 

A  few  years  ago  we  had  a  war  with  Spain,  and  when 
one  of  our  gunboats  was  on  the  way  to  the  scene  of  action 
a  Catholic  Spaniard,  who  had  been  for  years  working  on 
one  of  the  gunboats,  was  seen  in  a  place  where  he  had  no 
business  to  be,  in  a  coal  bunk.  And  that  man  was  putting 
a  stick  of  dynamite  in  the  coal  to  blow  up  that  vessel.  That 
is  the  old  man  in  the  ship  of  your  soul.  Get  him  out  if 
you  don't  want  him  to  put  a  stick  of  dynamite  in  your  soul, 
ready  to  go  of¥  at  any  moment.  Beloved !  Sanctification 
will  take  the  Spaniard  out  of  the  Lord's  ship  and  put  him 
over  in  the  ranks  of  the  enemy.  We  will  have  foes  to 
fight,  but  they  will  be  on  the  outside.  The  citadel  and  all 
within  will  be  loyal  to  God.  That  is  what  all  Christians 
want.  God  wants  that  traitor  in  the  ship  taken  out  for- 
ever. That  is  done  by  sanctification  through  the  power  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.  ("Amen.")  Then  we  will  not  be  obliged 
to  sing : 

"Prone  to  wander,  Lord  I  feel  it, 

Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love ; 
Here's  my  heart,  O  take  and  seal  it ; 

Seal  it  for  thy  courts  above." 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  QENERAJj 


May  the  day  come  when  God's  children  shall  be  free 
from  proneness  to  wander,  or  to  turn  their  back  on  the 
blessed  Lord ! 

11.  Let  us  now  consider  some  manifest  reasons  why 
we  ought  to  be  holy,  and  why  God  wishes  us  to  be  holy. 

1.  God  is  holy.  Our  sun  shines  with  unutterable  bril- 
liancy in  the  sky,  so  brilliant  we  cannot  look  at  it  except 
with  prepared  glasses ;  but  as  glorious  as  our  sun  is,  there 
are  great  spots  on  it  many  thousand  miles  across.  But 
our  holy  God  is  an  undimmed  sun,  shining  in  the  sky  of 
the  universe,  and  there  never  has  yet  been  and  never  will 
be,  one  spot  on  His  ineffable  holiness.  He  is  a  holy  God 
and  the  angels  and  cherubim  and  seraphim  look  up  in  His 
face  crying  "Holy!  Holy!  Holy!  Lord  God  of  Hosts." 
That  is  the  admiration  of  heaven.  That  is  our  God  and 
Father.  He  wants  His  children  to  be  like  Him.  You 
never  saw  a  father  or  mother  in  your  life  that  wasn't 
pleased  to  have  their  little  child  show  the  benevolent  traits 
of  its  parents.  If  father  is  active  or  energetic,  he  likes  to 
see  that  trait  in  his  little  son.  If  mother  is  sweet  and  af- 
fectionate, she  likes  to  be  told  that  little  ^lary  has  mam- 
ma's sweetness.  Mamma  is  pleased  to  have  little  Susan 
show  mamma's  musical  gift.  If  father  is  a  literary  man 
or  an  orator,  he  likes  to  see  indications  of  these  cropping 
out  in  his  child.  Our  Father  is  holy,  and  He  wants  His 
child  to  be  like  Him.  There  are  just  two  great  families  in 
this  moral  universe  of  ours,  and  they  both  have  the  great 
unfailing  family  resemblance.  One  is  the  family  of  sin; 
and  they  have  all  got  it  stamped  on  their  being.  The  other 
is  the  family  of  holiness,  and  they  have  the  image  of  God 
stamped  on  their  being.    God  is  holy.    "Be  ye  holy." 

2.  God  commands  us  to  be  holy.  O,  how  men  that 
are  trained  to  obey  commands  w411  execute  them!  The 


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sailor  will  obey  his  captain  and  climb  the  masts  and  handle 
the  sheets  when  the  waves  are  rolling  mountain  high,  and 
the  great  ship  is  being  tossed,  and  those  masts  swin^  many 
feet  back  and  forth  and  it  would  seem  that  they  would 
throw  him  in  the  deep.  But  he  climbs  because  he  is  told 
to  do  so.  It  is  a  matter  of  historical  fact,  and  so  said  by 
military  critics,  that  Gen.  Grant  was  reckless  and  unspar- 
ing of  the  lives  of  his  men.  One  time  he  lost  20,000  sol- 
diers in  an  awful  battle,  trying  in  vain  to  take  an  objective 
point  and  ordering  assault  after  assault,  our  men  being 
driven  back  and  mowed  down  to  death,  and  there  was  an 
awful  and  useless  loss  of  life.  One  time  during  that  bat- 
tle, I  remember  (I  was  then  a  clerk  at  Niagara  Falls),  Col. 
Peter  A.  Porter  was  colonel  of  a  regiment  that  went  from 
that  point  of  Western  New  York.  Gen.  Grant  gave  a  com- 
mand to  Col.  Porter,  and  Porter  looked  him  in  the  face 
and  said :  "You  have  ordered  me  to  a  needless  death." 
He  turned  straight  around,  led  the  charge  and  was  cut 
down !  Blessed  be  God !  our  King,  the  Captain  of  our  Sal- 
vation, never  issues  a  needless  command,  nor  orders  to  a 
needless  death.  He  only  asks  us  to  die  to  self  and  the  sin 
that  damns  us  that  we  may  live  to  God  and  righteousness 
forevermore.  He  never  gave  a  command  that  wasn't 
sweeter  than  honey  and  the  honeycomb,  and  in  the  doing 
of  it  there  is  great  reward. 

3.  We  ought  to  become  holy  because  sin  and  every 
proclivity  to  sin  is  so  dangerous.  I  am  amazed  as  I  think  of 
the  awful  power  of  Satan,  how  he  has  covered  this  world 
with  sin  and  shame  and  woe ;  how  nation  after  nation  has 
gone  down  into  the  awful  mire,  because  of  sin.  The  mas- 
ter stroke  of  Satan  was  made  when  he  found  that  he  could 
plant  a  germ  of  evil  at  the  fountain  stream  of  human  life 
to  be  communicated  through  all  ages.    That  was  the  germ 


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of  carnality.  Sin  is  awful.  Sin  has  cursed  individuals, 
wrecked  families  and  made  our  great  cities  ungovernable. 
Sin  has  wrapped  the  world  in  a  garment  of  sickness  and 
s'hame.  Sin  has  visited  heaven  and  cast  angels  down  from 
their  high  estate.  Sin  has  filled  the  bosom  of  God  with 
sorrow,  and  will  roll  a  great  gulf-stream  of  woe  through 
the  universe  of  God  forever.  If  this  proclivity  is  in  me 
ready  to  be  touched  off,  I  pray  "take  the  dynamite  out  of 
my  soul !"  (''Amen.")  God  can  take  that  all  out  of  you 
and  you  will  have  the  blessed  "I-know-so"  salvation.  If 
Jesus  cannot  do  this,  then  the  devil  who  injected  this  moral 
poison  into  the  veins  of  our  race  is  mightier  than  our 
Christ.  He  could  inflict  an  evil  which  Jesus  cannot  cure. 
The  very  thought  is  almost  an  insult  to  our  adorable  God. 
This  leads  me  to  say : 

4.  We  ought  to  be  holy  because  holiness  brings  such 
blessedness.  There  is  a  world  of  joyless  Christian  living. 
There  are  multitudes  of  believers  who  go  bowed  down  like 
bull-rushes,  and  hang  their  harps  on  the  willows.  If  their 
souls  sing  at  all  it  is  in  some  minor  key,  like  Windham. 
The  poor  hungry  heart  wails  out  the  sad  refrain — 

"  'Tis  a  thing  I  long  to  know, 
Oft  it  causes  anxious  thoughf. 
Do  I  love  the  Lord  or  no? 
Am  I  his  or  am  I  not?" 

Again,  in  some  unsatisfied  hour,  it  sobs  its  deep,  pa- 
thetic want  in  the  words, — 

"Look  how  w€  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  earthly  toys. 
Our  souls,  how  heavily  they  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys." 

What  a  sorry  commendation  this  is  of  the  religion  of 
Jesus  ! — No  exuberance  of  hope !  no  joy  of  assurance  ! 


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119 


Fulness  of  life  in  Christ  will  bring  ''beauty  for  ashes,  the 
oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  and  the  garment  of  praise  for  the 
spirit  of  heaviness.  The  birds  of  gladness  will  sing  in  the 
heart,  and  the  flowers  of  peace  will  bloom,  and  the  halle- 
lujahs of  praise  to  our  sanctifying  and  satisfying  God  will 
roll  through  the  arches  of  the  soul  and  rise  as  perpetual 
incense  to  our  King.    Glory  ! 

5.  Christ  came  for  this  purpose  and  died  for  this  end. 
Jesus  came  to  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil  and  the 
greatest  work  of  the  devil  was  getting  that  carnality  plant- 
ed in  the  bosom  of  every  child  of  Adam's  race.  I  see 
Christ  leaving  his  home  in  heaven,  leaving  the  adoration  of 
seraphim  and  cherubim,  and  taking  his  lonely  way  down 
to  suffer  for  this  wicked"  world,  which  had  no  place  for 
Him.  I  see  him  scourged  and  led  out  to  be  crucified.  I 
hear  the  cruel  mob  cry  ''Crucify  Him !"  I  see  Him  dying 
on  Calvary's  tree  while  God  hides  His  face  from  Him,  and 
my  Saviour  cries  out  "My  God !  Why  hast  Thou  forsaken 
me?"  And  He  is  bearing  all  this,  what  for?  That  He 
might  cure  us  of  sin,  and  make  us  sanctified  and  holy. 

When  I  meditate  upon  all  this  in  solemn  thought,  my  . 
heart  cries  out :  "O  Jesus,  if  thou  wert  so  anxious  to 
have  my  heart  cleansed  and  purified,  it  shall  be  cleansed. 
Thy  soul  shall  be  satisfied.  I  yield,  I  yield  by  dying  love 
compelled.  I  can  hold  out  no  more.  I'll  say  what  you 
want  me  to  say,  dear  Lord,  I'll  be  what  you  want  me 
to  be." 

We  ought  to  want  this  blessing  because  God  has  set 
his  heart  upon  it.  The  plan  to  restore  man  to  holiness 
was  planned  by  the  Father.  And  he  gave  his  Son  that  we 
might  have  it.  For  this  Jesus  poured  out  his  cleansing  blood. 
For  this  the  sanctifying  Spirit  was  given  that  we  might 
be  holy.    For  this  the  plan  of  redemption  was  instituted 


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to  restore  man  to  holiness.  It  is  the  will,  the  desire,  the 
longing,  the  command,  of  the  triune  God,  that  every  moral 
being  in  the  universe  should  be  holy.  All  the  work  of  the 
atonement  for  man,  and  all  the  promptings  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  move  to  this  end.  ''Holiness  !  holiness  needed,  holi- 
ness required,  holiness  offered,  holiness  attainable,  holi- 
ness a  present  duty,  a  present  privilege,  a  present  enjoy- 
ment, is  the  progress  and  completeness  of  its  wondrous 
theme."  This  is  the  glorious  truth  that  is  seen  in  Bible 
history,  and  biography,  and  poetry,  and  prophecy,  and  pre- 
cept, and  promise,  and  prayer.  ''Be  ye  holy  for  I  am 
holy." 

HI.  I  agreed  to  say  something  about  how  to  get  it, 
which  I  will  try  to  do  in  five  minutes. 

I.  In  the  first  place,  you  must  bring  your  will  and 
lay  it  all  at  Jesus'  feet.  It  is  true  what  Bro.  Nelson  said 
the  other  day.  No  man  can  get  justified  that  doesn't  bow 
to  the  will  of  God.  But  we  must  live  up  to  the  light  of 
the  moment.  And  after  you  are  a  child  of  God,  you  get 
new  light.  Sometimes  that  old  carnality  draws  you  back 
and  you  shrink  from  it.  You  must  lay  your  will  on  the 
altar  afresh  to  know  the  will  of  God.  You  must  hear  God 
say  "This  is  the  will  of  God,  even  your  sanctification,"  and 
you  must  say  "amen"  to  the  will  of  God.  Beloved,  do 
you  pray  our  Lord's  Prayer?  Possibly  200,000  preachers 
prayed  the  Lord's  Prayer  yesterday  in  this  country,  and 
asked  God  to  baptize  them  with  the  Holy  Ghost ;  and  yet 
the  same  men  would  turn  around  and  fight  holiness  to 
the  bitter  end.  You  cannot  get  it  in  that  spirit.  He 
gives  His  Holy  Spirit  to  those  that  obey  Him.  It  seems 
to  me  I  would  either  stop  praying  the  Lord's  Prayer,  "Thy 
will  be  done,"  or  I  would  seek  sancification  with  all  my 
heart. 


DEACON  GEO.  M.  MORSE, 
Putnam,  Conn. 


W.  T.  LORING. 
Knox,  Ind. 


V\iOV.  D.  A.  HOYES.  J.  R.  ALLEN, 

Evanston,  111.  Waterloo,  Iowa. 


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2.  After  you  have  brought  everything  to  the  altar, 
you  have  got  to  consecrate  afresh  for  this  blessing.  You 
brought  a  dead  offering.  Now  you  bring  a  live  sacrifice. 
You  must  lay  your  will  down,  giving  your  heart,  your  af- 
fections, reputation,  time,  and  everything  you  have  or 
may  have  for  time  and  eternity, — laying  all  on  the  altar 
in  sacrifice  to  God. 

3.  When  you  have  done  that,  the  last  thing  is  t©  take 
God  at  His  word  and  step  on  His  promises.  Say  *'Now 
I  am  on  your  hands  for  a  clean  heart.  I  believe  you  will 
do  your  part  as  I  do  mine."  The  last  step  is  the  step  of 
faith.  God  always  meets  the  truly  consecrated  and  be- 
lieving soul,  and  adds  His  blessing.  As  sure  as  God  is 
God,  the  Holy  Ghost  will  be  given  in  cleansing  power. 

At  the  close  of  the  sermon  an  altar  service  was  held  in  which 
a  goodly  number  of  the  congregation  engaged  and  seekers  for  sanc- 
tification  came  forward. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 
Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  presiding. 

Before  the  hour  for  preaching  a  few  moments  were 
given  to  testimony: 

A  Brother: — **He  has  forgiven  my  sins  and  taken 
the  Vant-to'  sin  out  of  my  heart." 

A  Sister: — "The  blood  cleanses  my  heart  from  all 

sin." 

A  Delegate : — "This  experience  of  holiness  is  a  reality 
in  my  heart.  I  received  it  five  years  ago.  It  has  never 
left  me  a  second."  ("Amen!") 

A  Brother: — "Praise  God  for  victory  over  the  flesh, 
the  devil  and  the  world." 

A  Delegate: — "Salvation  is  the  greatest  thing  in  the 
world.  I  found  this  experience  eight  years  ago.  I  was 
fifteen  years  in  the  wilderness.  I  know  what  it  means  to 
get  salvation." 


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A  Brother: — "1  stepped  out  on  the  promises,  and  the 
blood  cleansed  me." 

Singing,  by  congregation:  "Trust  and  Obey,"  "The 
Open  Fountain,"  and  "Jesus  has  Lifted  the  Load." 

Song,  by  Brother  and  Sister  Harris:  "Make  me  a 
Blessing  To-day." 

Prayer,  by  Rev.  James  Harris :  "We  are  so  glad,  O 
Father,  that  we  do  not  have  to  send  to  heaven  to  bring 
Thee  down,  but  that  Thou  art  present  with  us  here.  We 
find  our  sweetest  hours  on  earth  are  when  we  talk  to  Thee. 
We  like  to  say  in  our  hearts  :  'No  price  we  bring,  but  sim- 
ply to  the  cross  we  cling.'  We  rejoice  that  the  Spirit 
maketh  intercession  with  groanings  that  cannot  be  ut- 
tered. We  want  that  groaning  Spirit  to-day.  Many  are 
happier  at  this  time  than  ever  before.  As  much  as  Thou 
hast  cleansed  these  hearts,  we  have  felt  the  cleansing  blood 
coursing  through  our  hearts  again  to-day.  ("Amen!") 
O,  how  our  hearts  have  gone  up  to  Thee,  to  be  more  like 
Thee,  to  become  like  Thee.  Grant  to  make  us  a  little 
more  like  Thyself. 

"How  often  the  devil  comes  and  tells  us  we  can't 
preach,  we  can't  testify  or  can't  pray !  We  depend  on 
Thee,  and  say,  we  can  do  all  things.  We  like  to  have  Thee 
in  the  right  place,  to  be  our  'All  in  all.'  O,  what  is  there 
we  cannot  do,  if  God  is  with  us  ? 

"We  want  Thee  to  crown  this  meeting  with  all  the 
blessing  Thou  hast  designed  it  to  have.  Be  with  him  who 
shall  address  us  this  afternoon,  and  may  we  all  go  away 
from  this  meeting  bolder  to  stand  up  for  the  cross  of 
Jesus.    We  ask  it  all  for  Christ's  sake.  Amen." 

Brother  Fowler  announced  that  Bros.  T.  K.  Doty, 
L.  B.  Kent,  E.  F.  Walker,  W.  T.  Hogue,  and  Geo.  M. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


123 


Morse  were  appointed  a  committee  to  nominate  commit- 
tees on  Deliverances  and  Permanent  Methods. 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  announced  a  special  arrangement 
whereby  cheap  meals  could  be  had  at  the  restaurant  in 
the  Church  Block,  and  that  he  had  placed  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  restaurant  a  sufficient  quantity  of  his  Cocoa 
Cereal,  that  it  might  be  served  free  of  cost  to  the  dele- 
gates of  the  Assembly.  The  amount  up  to  five  hundred 
pounds  were  donated  for  this  purpose. 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  E.  F.  WALKER. 
Text:    "For  this  is  the  will  of  God,  your  sanctification.'* 

The  preacher  of  this  morning  preached  holiness.  I 
wish  this  afternoon  to  present  sanctification.  You  will 
notice  that  in  reading  the  text  I  omit  a  little  word  which  is 
often  rather  emphazied — the  word  "even."  "This  is  the 
will  of  God,  even  your  sanctification,"  is  the  way  it  is 
usually  quoted,  and  the  word  is  in  the  English  text,  but  in 
italics — the  sign  that  it  is  not  in  the  original — in  the  Bible 
proper — but  supplied  by  the  translator. 

So  Paul  says  to  the  Corinthians,  "And  this  also  we 
wish,  your  perfection,"  and  the  translator  also  put  in 
there  the  word  "even."  We  suppose  the  reason  he  put 
in  this  word  is  that  he  rated  sanctification,  or  perfection, 
as  extraordinary.  Well,  in  modern  times  it  certainly  has 
not  been  the  common  experience  of  professing  Chris- 
tians. But  as  the  Bible  presents  it,  it  ou^ht  to  be  the 
common  experience  of  God's  people.  Christ  gave  His 
ministers  for  the  perfecting  of  the  saints ;  and  the  life  into 
which  sanctification  brings  His  people  is  the  normal  life 
of  the  Christian. 

This  experience  should  not  be  regarded  as  the  stee- 
ple to  a  church — not  necessary,  but  proper  to  top-oflf. 
It  is  the  temple  itself,  or  rather  the  inner  sanctuarv  of  the 


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temple,  while  justification  is  but  the  vestibule.  Dr. 
Chas.  Hodge  says :  "Justification  is  in  order  to 
sanctification and  his  son,  A.  A.  Hodge :  "We 
are  justified  that  we  may  be  sanctified."  Sanctification  is 
necessary  to  fully  Christianize  man.  There  were  no  Chris- 
tians, in  the  proper  sense  of  the  word,  till  Pentecost, 
and  there  can  be  no  true  Christians  without  the  Pente- 
costal experience.  Sanctification  is  essential  to  make 
us  "perfect  and  complete  in  all  the  will  of  God "For 
this  is  the  will  of  God,  your  sanctification." 

Habitually  we  pray,  "Thy  will  be  done."  But  what  is 
God's  will?  Paul  says  to  the  Ephesians :  "Understand- 
ing what  the  will  of  the  Lord  is."  This  sets  us  searching 
the  Scriptures  which  reveal  God's  will.  The  margin  re- 
fers us  to  our  text.  And  this  again  to  the  next  chapter, 
"For  this  is  the  will  of  God  in  Chrisit  Jesus  concerning 
you;"  and  a  little  farther  down,  "Faithful  is  he  which 
calleth  you,  who  also  will  do  it."  Do  what?  Sanctify 
you  wholly.  So  Paul  beseeches  the  Romans  to  conse- 
crate, that  they  might  "prove  (by  experience)  what  is 
that  good,  and  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God."  Thus 
we  find  sanctification  frequently  presented  as  the  will 
of  God. 

But  what  is  sanctificatiori?  Strictly  speaking,  it  is 
not  the  same  as  holiness.  There  is  a  distinction  in  the 
significance  of  the  two  words.  Holiness  is  a  moral 
quality,  or  state ;  sanctification  is  the  experience  by  which 
we  get  that  quality — by  which  we  are  brought  into  that 
state.  Holiness  is  the  life  we  live  after  we  have  been 
sanctified.  The  great  German  exegete,  Delitzsch,  says, 
"Sanctification  is  not  holiness ;  but  is  the  putting  on  of  it 
— the  becoming  holy."  The  discriminating  Dr.  Godet 
explains  thus :  "In  the  cure  of  the  soul,  pardon  is  the 


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crisis  of  convalescence,  sanctification  is  the  re-storation 
to  health,  holiness  is  true  life." 

Now,  I  want  to  give  you  definitions  of  sanctification 
from  three  illustrious  Johns. 

First,  John  Fletcher :  "It  is  the  depth  of  evangelical 
repentance,  the  full  assurance  of  faith,  and  the  pure 
love  of  God  and  man  shed  abroad  in  a  faithful  believer's 
heart  by  the  Holy  Ghost  given  unto  him,  to  cleanse  him 
and  to  keep  him  clean  from  all  the  filthiness  of  the  flesh 
and  spirit,  to  enable  him  to  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ  ac- 
cording to  the  talents  he  is  intrusted  with  and  the  cir- 
cumstances in  which  he  is  placed  in  this  world." 

John  Owen :  "To  be  cleansed  from  the  defilement 
of  sin,  whatever  that  be ;  to  have  a  heart  inclined,  dis- 
posed, enabled,  to  fear  the  Lord  always,  and  to  walk 
in  all  His  ways  and  statues  accordingly,  with  an  internal, 
habitual  conformity  of  the  whole  soul  unto  the  law  of 
God,  is  to  be  sanctified,  or  to  be  holy." 

John  Wesley:  "Sanctification,  in  the  proper  sense, 
is  an  instantaneous  deliverance  from  all  sin,  and  includes 
an  instantaneous  power,  then  given,  always  to  cleave  to 
God."  How  discriminating !  Wesley  recognized  that  the 
word  is  used  in  secondary  and  accommodated  senses ; 
but  here  he  gives  the  proper  meaning.  Why  does  he 
say,  "an  instantaneous  deliverance"?  Because  he  knows 
that  the  instantaneous  tense  in  the  Greek  is  nearly  al- 
ways used  with  the  verb  to  sanctify.  Why  does  he  say 
"from  all  sin"?  Because  the  Greek  aorist  tense  in  the 
imperative  mode — which  Jesus  used  in  His  prayer  for  the 
sanctification  of  His  disciples  and  Paul  for  the  Thessa- 
lonians — always  means  instantly  and  completely.  But 
sanctification  is  not  only  the  elimination  of  all  sin.  Prop- 
erly it  includes  a  power  given  to  cleave  to  God.   And  this 


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power  is  not  an  after-experience.  It  belongs  to  sancti- 
fication — is  then  given. 

My  definition  is  this :  "Sanctification  is  a  work  of 
grace  wrought  in  a  behever  by  the  baptism  with  the 
Holy  Ghost  and  fire,  given  by  Jesus  Christ,  purifying 
him  from  all  sin,  and  perfecting  him  in  love." 

Our  second  question  is :  For  whom  is  this  sancti- 
fication?  ''This  is  the  will  of  God,  the  sanctification  of 
you" — as  it  is  in  the  original.  What  kind  of  people  w^ere 
the  ones  thus  addressed?  We  find  Paul's  estimate  of 
them  from  reading  the  epistle. 

About  the  close  of  the  letter  he  says :  ''Greet  all 
the  brethren  with  a  holy  kiss."  Surely  an  unconverted 
preson  could  not  do  that.  The  kiss  of  Judas  was  unholy. 
These  Thessalonians  must  have  had  the  quality  of  holi- 
ness in  some  degree,  to  be  able  to  give  a  holy  kiss. 

In  the  next  verse  Paul  says :  '*I  charge  you  by  the 
Lord  that  this  Epistle  be  read  unto  all  the  holy  breth- 
ren." So  those  to  whom  the  epistle  was  sent,  and  to 
whom  our  text  applied,  were  in  some  sense  already 
"holy." 

Let  me  make  a  distinction  here.  Regeneration  is  a 
holy  experience — an  experience  of  holiness.  -  W'hen  we 
are  regenerated,  we  get  holiness :  when  we  are  sancti- 
fied, we  are  made  hoW.  ("Amen.'")  Regeneration  is  the 
impartation  of  holy  life.  In  the  regenerate  the  principle 
of  holiness  is  implanted,  and  they  are  holy,  but  not  all 
holy.  ("Amen !"  "That  is  it !")  Sanctification  is  the 
gracious  work  of  God  by  which  all  that  is  contrary-  to 
the  new  life  given  in  regeneration  is  eliminated  from  the 
person,  and  he  is  actually  and  experimentally  made  holv. 
Because  these  Thessalonians  w'ere  regenerated  persons. 


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partakers  of  His  holiness,  born  of  the  Spirit,  they  were 
of  the  holy  brotherhood. 

But  look  farther.  Turn  to  the  first  part  of  the  Epis- 
tle. Here  we  see  it  was  addressed  to  ''the  church ;"  and 
not  simply  a  church  organization  but  the  church  organ- 
ism— "in  God  the  Father,  and  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ" 
— vitally  connected  with  God  through  Christ. 

In  the  second  verse  Paul  expresses  his  thanks  for 
them. 

In  the  next  he  declares  that  he  unceasingly  remem- 
bered their  faith  and  love  and  hope.  Here  are  the  three 
Christian  graces ;  and  these  were  in  lively  exercise — 
"work  of  faith,  labor  of  love,  patience  of  hope." 

Next  he  says  that  he  knew  their  election  of  God.  He 
entertained  no  doubt  that  they  had  been  effectually 
called,  and  were  numbered  among  the  elect. 

Next  he  tells  them  why  he  had  this  assurance  con- 
cerning them.  "For  our  gospel  came  not  unto  you  in 
word  only,  but  also  in  power,  and  in  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  in  much  assurance."  Very  different  this  from  many 
of  the  "conversions"  (?)  in  these  days,  concerning  which 
there  is  much  doubt  all  around.  The  Thessalonians  had 
been  "powerfully  converted." 

Then  they  became  followers,  not  only  of  the  apostle, 
but  of  the  Lord ;  and  notwithstanding  that  they  suffered 
much  because  of  their  adherence  to  Christ  and  His  cause 
they  knew  the  joy  of  the  Holy  Ghost — an  essential  part 
of  the  Kingdom. 

They  became  ensamples  to  other  believers  in  all  that 
region  round.  Samples  are  always  the  best.  So  these 
Thessalonians  were  leading  Christians.  They  were  "the 
sample  case"  of  that  Gospel  traveler,  and  were  well-repu- 
ted for  their  good  Christian  work;  so  that  it  was  known 


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all  around  how  they  had  "turned  (literally,  converted)  to 
God  from  idols,  to  serve  the  living  and  true  God." 

And  they  were  possessed  of  the  blessed  hope — 
the  pole-star  of  the  church  in  all  ages — waiting  for  the 
return  of  Jesus  from  heaven. 

Now,  this  is  a  good,  long  bill  of  particulars  touching 
the  Christian  character  of  those  for  whom  God  willed 
sanctification.  Much  more  might  be  said  on  this  line, 
were  it  necessary.  But  certainly  no  more  is  needed  to 
show  that  they  were  thoroughly  converted  to  Jesus 
Christ. 

But  would  some  one  suggest  the  possibility  of  their 
having  backslidden?  This  point  is  well-guarded.  In  the 
third  chapter  the  apostle  confesses  that  he  had  enter- 
tained some  fears  "lest  by  some  means  the  tempter  have 
tempted  you,  and  our  labor  be  in  vain."  So,  when  he 
could  no  longer  forbear,  he  sent  Timothy  to  find  out  how 
it  fared  with  them.  But  when  this  man  of  God  returned 
with  good  tidings  of  their  faith  and  love  and  good  remem- 
brance, the  apostle  was  greatly  comforted  over  them  by 
their  faith. 

vStill,  they  were  the  objects  of  the  solicitude  of  Paul. 
He  told  them  that  he  was  praying  night  and  day  exceed- 
ingly in  their  behalf.  Why?  Because  he  wanted  to  go 
to  them  and  perfect  that  which  was  lacking  in  their  faith. 
Not  to  indoctrinate  them  more  fully;  but  to  bring  them 
a  fuller  knowledge  of  the  great  salvation  through  faith — 
"to  the  end  he  may  stablish  your  hearts  unblameable  in 
holiness  before  God."  Here  it  is  :  Holiness ; — heart  holi- 
ness ;— unblameable  heart  holiness; — establishment  in 
unblameable  heart  holiness.  Here  is  the  will  of  God, 
and  for  this  kind  of  persons. 

Between  the  lids  of  the  Bible  nowhere  will  you  find 


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that  sanctification  is  promised  to,  prayed  for,  or  urged 
upon  any  who  are  not  the  true  children  of  God.  It  is  an 
experience  for  those  only  who  are  already  abiding  and 
persevering  in  Christ — the  elect  of  God.  It  is  not  God's 
will  that  anybody  else  should  have  it.  God  loved  the 
world  and  gave  His  only  begotten  Son  that  the  world 
should  be  saved.  But  Christ  loved  the  Church  and  gave 
Himself  for  it  that  He  might  sanctify  it. 

Our  next  question  is :  What  is  the  will  of  God  ? 

(i)  It  is  God's  law.  The  briefest  and  most  satis- 
factory definition  of  the  divine  law  is,  the  will  of  God. 
Certainly  that  law  which  itself  is  holy,  just  and  good,  can 
demand  nothing  less  than  holiness  in  the  subjects  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God.  So  it  is  the  divine  requirement  that 
all  His  children  who  have  not  received  the  distinctive  ex- 
perience that  makes  holy,  be  sanctified. 

Beloved !  If  we  have  due  respect  to  the  law  of  God, 
we  surely  must  assent  and  consent  to  the  doctrine  and 
experience  presented  in  the  text  of  this  afternoon.  This 
is  the  demand  of  God,  your  sanctification.  I  appeal  to 
you,  as  children  of  God — as  obedient  children — be  ye 
yourselves  also  holy.  Why?  Because  so  it  is  written, 
''Ye  shall  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy."  What  is  written  is 
for  our  guidance — the  rule  of  our  life.  Even  the  devil 
himself  acknowledged  this  in  his  temptation  of  Jesus. 
He  appealed,  "It  is  written;"  and  Jesus  replied,  "It  is 
written  again."  This  is  the  end  of  controversy  with  heav- 
en and  hell.  And  certainly  there  should  be  no  question 
as  to  Christian  duty,  when  it  is  plainly  written.  "Remem- 
ber the  Sabbath  day,  to  keep  it  holy."  Why?  Many 
arguments  in  favor  of  the  sanctification  of  the  Sabbath 
might  be  presented;  but  this  is  sufficient:  so  it  is  writ- 
ten.  The  Holy  Scriptures  are  the  sufficient  rule  of  faith 


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and  duty.  Show  me  anything  God  requires  in  His  word, 
and  that  is  enongh.  That  is  a  law  for  me.  I  am  His 
subject  and  His  child.  If  I  am  to  be  loyal  and  obedient, 
I  must  be  sanctified,  because  my  God  and  Father  requires 
it.  It  is  not  a  question  concerning  my  desire  or  the 
desire  of  my  fellows.    It  is:  what  does  God  demand? 

We  preachers  have  no  preference  in  the  matter  of 
urging  sanctification  upon  the  church.  We  must  preach 
the  preaching  He  bids  us  preach.  We  must  shun  not 
to  declare  all  His  counsel.  I  declare  that  as  a  man  ^of 
God  and  a  minister  of  His  \\^ord  I  would  not  be  loyal 
and  faithful  to  my  charge,  did  I  fail  to  present  this  de- 
mand of  His  law — this  requirement  of  His  will — your 
sanctification.  (''Amen.") 

And  as  His  child  I  must  be  obedient.  He  reveals  to 
me  His  will  concerning  me.  I  want  to  obey.  Adam  fell 
by  refusing  to  accept  the  will  of  God  as  the  rule  of  his 
conduct,  and  I  fear  there  are  many  persons  to-day  who 
have  known  God's  justifying  grac^,  who  are  fallen  from 
favor  and  fellowship  with  God,  because  the  duty  to  be 
sanctified — made  plain  by  His  word  and  Spirit — has  been 
neglected.  If  we  are  going  to  continue  to  stand  before 
Him  in  peace,  we  must  say,  "Not  as  I  will,  but  as  Thou 
wile,"  and  submit  to  His  will,  our  sanctification. 

Again:  God's  will  for  his  children  is  His  desire.  He 
is  not  merely  the  Governor  and  Judge  of  all  men.  Let  us 
not  entertain  the  thought  of  Him  as  the  supreme  Sover- 
eign who  imposes  the  law,  and  is  exacting  and  insist- 
ent that  we  shall  be  holy.  He  is  our  Father,  and  He 
desires  for  us  the  best  He  has.  He  wants  to  see  His 
every  son  that  was  dead  and  lost,  but  who  is  now  alive  and 
found,  clothed  with  the  best  robe  from  Heaven's  ward- 
robe.   As  He  Himself  is  clothed  with  light  as  with  a 


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garment,  so  He  would  have  us  to  walk  in  the  light  as 
He  is  in  the  light.  He  wants  us  to  be  like  Him  in  moral 
character  in  every  particular.  As  He  is  light  and  in  Him 
is  no  darkness  at  all,  He  would  have  His  children  to  be 
made  clean  every  whit,  that  with  unsullied  holiness  they 
may  show  forth  His  praise,  in  His  marvelous  light. 

And  this  just  suits  me.  I  want  you  to  know,  beloved, 
that  I  am  on  this  line  not  merely  from  a  feeling  of  obh 
gation.  If  I  didn't  have  to  be  holy,  I  would  want  to  be. 
C'Amen  !"  ''Glory !")  If  the  Lord  should  say  to  me,  My 
Son,  you  don't  have  to  be  sanctified.  I  do  not  require 
it  of  you.  You  may  go  on  trying  to  serve  me  in  your 
own  poor,  weak  way,  and  at  last  I  will  save  you ;"  I  would 
reply,  ''No ;  I  thank  you."  It  is  a  privilege  that  the 
angels  of  glory  certainly  must  prize,  and  it  is  a  privilege 
that  every  redeemed  child  of  God  on  earth  ought  to  covet 
and  enjoy,  to  be  made  holy. 

I  want  to  say  to  you,  friends,  that  I  am  in  the  en- 
joyment of  this  blessed  experience.  The  catechism  says 
that  the  effectually  called  do  in  this  life  partake  of  the 
several  benefits  w^hich  accompany  and  flow  from  sanctifi- 
cation.  Well,  I  am  one  of  them,  praise  the  Lord!  I  am 
one  of  the  beneficiaries.  It  is  the  fulness  of  the  blessing 
of  Christ.  It  is  the  table  prepared  for  us  in  the  presence 
of  our  enemies.  ("Amen!")  It  is  His  desire  that  we 
all  avail  ourselves  of  this  unspeakable  blessing.  He  loves 
us.  He  yearns  over  us.  He  longs  to  bless  us  now.  He 
wants  to  bring  us  to  a  place  where  we  can  enjoy  religion. 
("Amen !") 

And  again :  God's  will  is  His  purpose  to  sanctify  His 
children.  What  He  demands  and  desires  He  decides  for 
us,  "Faithful  is  he  which  calleth  you,  who  also  will  do 
it."   Do  what?   That  for  which  the  apostle  prays — sane- 


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tify  you  wholly,  and  preserve  you  blameless  unto  the  com- 
ing of  Jesus.  He  has  taken  oath  that  He  will  deliver  us 
out  of  the  hand  of  our  enemies,  that  we  might  serve  Him 
without  fear  in  holiness  and  righteousness  before  Him 
all  the  days  of  our  life. 

How  variously  could  this  divine  purpose  be  proved, 
illustrated  and  emphasized. 

.  He  wills  that  I  shall  holy  be: 
What  can  withstand  His  will? 

Nothing — if  we  but  pray  with  real  meaning,  "Thy 
will  be  done.'*  (''Ameji !") 

And  once  again :  God's  will  is  His  provision  for  our 
sanctification.  That  which  is  in  the  divine  requirement, 
desire  and  purpose  He  provides.  The  children  oi  God  are 
His  heirs.  The  Holy  Ghost  speaks  of  an  inheritance 
among  them  that  are  sanctified.  Certainly  the  New  Tes- 
tament in  Christ's  blood  is  for  our  full  redemption  and 
fullness  of  blessing.  He  devoted  Himself  that  we  might 
be  sanctified.  He  suffered  without  the  gate  that  He 
might  sanctify  us.  He  loved  the  church  and  gave  Him- 
self for  it,  that  He  might  sanctify  it.  According  to  the 
riches  of  His  grace  and  glory,  abundant  provision  has 
been  made.  Nothing  that  He  demands  of  us,  nothing 
that  He  desires  for  us,  nothing  that  He  decides  for  us, 
but  is  found  in  His  holy  will,  written  in  the  blood  of  the 
everlasting  covenant.  Will  you  accept  this  statement? 
(Cries  of  "Yes  !")    Praise  His  name  forever ! 

Yes;  you  assent  to  all  this  doctrine  this  far.  But 
some  may  say,  "It  cannot  be  just  now."  But  it  can  be, 
just  now.  This  is  what  the  text  proposes :  This  is  the 
will  of  God.  Whenever  the  Greek  word  "is"  is  used  it 
is  always  for  emphasis.  It  is  here,  and  sanctification  is 
emphasized  as  a  present  experience.    It  is  for  you  as 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


much  God's  will — His  law,  His  desire,  His  purpose. 
His  provision — NOW,  as  it  ever  will  or  can  be. 

God's  will.  It  is  not  simply  the  will  of  "the  holi- 
ness people;"  it  is  not  simply  the  consummation  which 
this  preacher  seeks — though  we  say  to  you  as  Paul  did 
to  the  Corinthians,  ''And  this  we  wish,  your  perfection." 
But  man  aside!    It  is  the  will  of  God! 

It  may  not  be  the  will  of  your  sect.  If  not,  I  am 
sorry  for  it,  and  for  you.    But  it  is  the  will  of  God! 

It  may  not  be  the  will  of  your  preacher.  If  not,  I 
am  sorry  for  him  and  for  you.    But  it  is  the  will  of  God ! 

It  may  not  be  the  will  of  your  earthly  friends.  If 
not,  I  am  sorry  for  them  and  for  you.  But  this  is  the 
will  of  God,  the  sanctification  of  you. 

Is  it  your  will?  If  so,  just  come  now  to  the  God 
of  your  salvation,  and  make  an  assignment  of  all  to  Him. 
Abandon  yourself  to  the  will  of  God,  and  as  you  so  do, 
His  holy  will  be  wrought  in  you  this  very  hour.  Amen! 

A  number  came  forward  at  the  altar  call  and  proved  the  "good 
"good  and  acceptable  and  ^erfect  will  of  God." 

EVENING  SESSION. 
Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding. 

Singing  by  congregation :  "Leaning  on  the  Everlast- 
ing Arms,"  "Joy  in  the  Soul,"  "The  Half  has  Never  yet 
Been  Told." 

Prayer  by  Col.  E.  Mayhew,  (Christian  Crusaders  :) 
"Our  Heavenly  Father,  as  we  come  to  Thee  tonight, 
our  hearts  are  overflowing  with  praise  for  Thy  loving- 
kindness  and  tender  mercy  which  Thou  hast  shown 
unto  the  children  of  men.  We  are  glad  that  the  showers 
are  coming,  and  we  pray  that  Thy  blessingfs  may  be 
poured  down  to  such  an  extent  that  we  shall  all  sing: 
'Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow.'    We  thank 


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E0H0E8  OF  THE  GENERAL 


Thee  for  a  practical  religion.  While  we  love  to  hear  peo- 
ple sing  and  clap  their  hands  and  shout  loud  hosannas, 
after  all,  the  greatest  thing  is  sanctification. 

"We  recognize  that  this  has  been  a  glorious  day 
with  us.  God  has  been  in  our  midst,  and  the  Holy  Ghost 
has  been  baptizing  many  hearts.  We  pray  that  it  may 
not  stop  here,  but  reach  out  until  multitudes  may  be 
brought  to  know  Thee  and  many  believers  may  be  sanc- 
tified by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

"Bless  him  who  shall  speak.  Give  him  power  from 
on  high.  Bless,  we  pray  Thee,  those  who  hear.  We 
pray  Thee  that  many  who  are  not  clear  in  their  experi- 
ence, who  are  seeking  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and 
fire,  may  surrender  all  to  Thee  to-night,  and  thus  be 
gloriously  endued  with  this  baptism  from  on  high.  We 
ask  it  in  the  name  of  Je^us.  Amen." 

Song  by  Bro.  and  Sister  Harris :  ''When  I  have 
Reached  that  Blest  Home  over  Yonder." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  G.  W.  RIDOUT. 

Text :  "And  an  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a  way,  and  it  shall 
be  called  The  Way  of  Holiness ;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass  over  it ; 
but  it  shall  be  for  those :  the  wayfaring  men,  though  fools,  shall  not 
err  therein."    Isaiah  35  :8. 

The  prophet  Isaiah  is  speaking  in  relation  to  the 
blessedness  and  glories  of  the  coming  kingdom  of  Christ. 
Holiness  is  one  of  the  characteristic  features  of  this 
kingdom  and  its  fundamental  principle.  Isaiah  was  proph- 
esying about  something  you  and  I  have  the  privilege 
of  seeing  and  enjoying.  Thank  God  we  see  that  which 
prophets  and  kings  desired  to  see  and  know,  but  never 
did.  The  Kingdom  of  Christ  is  on  the  earth  to-day  and 
Holiness  is  its  chief  glory  and  its  mightiest  factor. 

HoHness  is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  features  of 
the  Church  of  God.    It  may  with  safety  be  said  that  every 


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136 


branch  of  the  church  evangehcal,  believes  in  and  teaches 
Holiness  in  a  theological  and  theoretical  sense.  I  am  a 
Methodist.  I  was  born  a  Methodist.  My  father  was  an  old 
fashioned  Methodist.  I  was  brought  up  in  it  and  am  a 
member  of  one  of  the  M.  E.  Conferences.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  for  me  to  say  that  Holiness  is  one  of  the  great 
tenets  and  the  cardinal  doctrine  of  Methodism.  John  Wes- 
ley said :  "This  doctrine  is  the  grand  depositum  which  God 
has  lodged  with  the  people  called  Methodists ;  and  for  the 
sake  of  propagating  this,  chiefly,  He  appears  to  have 
raised  us  up."  Holiness  should  not  only  have  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  our  church  doctrine  and  creed,  it  should  like- 
wise have  a  prominent  place  in  the  life.  The  subscribing 
to  a  creed  or  doctrine,  or  the  assenting  to  a  formula  is 
one  thing  and  living  it  is  another.  I  have  often  thought 
of  this  when  as  a  Methodist  preacher  I  have  seen  young 
men  stand  before  the  Bishop  to  be  received  into  full  con- 
nection. The  question  is  asked  them  "Are  you  going  on 
to  perfection?"  and  they  have  all  answered  in  the  affir- 
mative. "Do  you  expect  to  be  made  perfect  in  love  in 
this  life?"  likewise  answered  in  the  affirmative.  "Are 
you  earnestly  striving  after  it?"  again  replied  to  affirma- 
tively. I  have  never  heard  these  questions  answered  in 
the  negative  yet,  but  it  is  a  matter  to  be  deeply  deplored 
that  too  many  of  these  same  young  men  privately  and 
pubHcly  fight  and  oppose  and  antagonize  this  very  thing 
they  professed  faith  in  and  confessed  they  were  seeking. 
This  state  of  affairs  however,  does  not  discourage  me  or 
make  me  feel  like  quitting  Methodism.  I  love  the  church 
and  Methodist  ministers  none  the  less.  I  want  to  con- 
fess to  you  that  I  am  having  a  delightful  time  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Being  a  pastor  I  am  glad 
to  say  that  the  same  kind  of  preaching  that  I  give  at' 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


camp  meetings  and  holiness  gatherings  I  give  from  my 
home  pulpit  and  thank  God  not  a  year  of  my  pastorate 
goes  by  without  many  souls  finding  God — backsliders 
seeking  restoration,  sinners  seeking  pardoning  love  and 
believers  finding  holiness  of  heart. 

Holiness,  being  in  the  creed  and  doctrines  of  the 
church  ought  to  have  as  aforesaid  a  prominent  place  in 
the  life  and  I  am  thoroughly  convinced  that  it  should 
characterize  the  preacher.  There  are  too  many  in  the 
pulpits  to-day  who  are  afraid  if  they  preach  holiness  that 
they  are  going  to  offend  the  weak  ones,  they  will  upset 
the  young  converts  and  lose  the  friendship  of  some  of 
their  **dear  people."  I  am  glad  that  God  has  taught  me 
in  my  brief  ministry  that  the  most  successful  and  the  hap- 
piest way  to  run  a  pastorate  is  along  Holiness  lines.  I  have 
seen  brother  pastors  always  in  hot  water,  having  a  quarrel, 
contention  or  strife  always  on  hand  and  have  thanked  God 
that  the  man  who  conducts  his  chuch  on  holiness  lines 
has  not  a  tithe  of  the  worry  or  strife  or  trouble  others 
have.  I  believe  the  happiest  preacher,  the  happiest  man, 
the  happiest  believer  is  he  who  is  on  the  blessed  way  of 
Holiness. 

The  text  has  the  word  "highway"  in  it.  Let  me  em- 
phasize that  word  for  a  moment  in  order  to  suggest  to 
you  that  Holiness  is  no  low  experience  but  eminently 
high.  It  is  an  experience  never  intended  for  people  who  are 
living  away  down  in  a  low  plane  of  religious  life.  When 
God  would  have  me  seek  holiness  of  heart  He  first  br(^ught 
me  into  the  highest  state  of  regeneration.  Holiness  is 
not  for  a  man  who  is  backslidden  in  heart.  It  is  not  for  a 
person  who  has  lost  touch  with  God.  It  is  not  for  people 
who  have  no  communion  or  fellowship  with  the  Father, 
the  Son  and  the  Holy  Ghost.    I  have  often  been  afraid 


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that  at  Camp  meetings  and  other  gatherings  we  have  set 
the  thing  too  low,  that  we  have  brought  it  down  to  meet 
the  backslidden  in  heart.  Alas  !  How  many  people  in 
our  churches  continue  to  live  in  the  very  lowest  plane  ot 
religious  life.  How  manv  like  Lot  of  old  when  he  separ- 
ated from  Abram  pitched  his  tent  towards  Sodom.  Many 
are  doing  this  to-day  pitching  their  tents  towards  Sodom, 
getting  out  of  fellowship  with  God,  losing  their  grip  on 
spiritual  things.  I  have  been  deeply  impressed  with  a 
passage  of  Scripture  found  in  Numbers  20:  17.  It  is 
in  connection  with  Israel  on  their  journey  towards  Ca- 
naan. They  come  to  the  borders  of  the  country  of  the 
Amorities  and  Moses  sends  a  deputation  to  the  king  bear- 
ing a  request  that  the  Israelites  be  permitted  to  pass 
through  his  land  unmolested.  Moses  makes  this  agree- 
ment with  the  king  if  he  will  grant  the  desired  permission, 
"We  will  not  turn  into  the  fields  or  into  the  vineyards, 
we  will  not  drink  of  the  waters  of  the  wells :  we  will  go 
by  the  kings  highway."  What  a  delightful  resolution  for 
the  Christian  who  whilst  passing  through  this  world  on  his 
way  to  glory  determines  by  the  grace  of  God  not  to  par- 
take of  worldly  fruit  or  drink  at  worldly  cisterns !  This 
world  is  no  friend  to  grace.  Hapoy  the  man  who  goes 
through  it  by  means  of  the  king's  high  way ! 

Another  word  in  the  text  which  we  desire  to  bring 
into  prominence  here  is  the  word  "unclean."  "The  un- 
clean shall  not  pass  over  it."  This  would  teach  us  that 
Purity  is  an  important  constituent  of  Holiness.  Purity 
must  come  before  power.  It  is  at  this  point  I  think  that 
many  make  serious  mistakes.  This  was  the  great  mis- 
take Simon  the  Sorcerer  made  when  .he  saw  those  young 
converts  of  Samaria  getting  the  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  fire;  he  coveted  the  same  gift  but  not  from 


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a  becoming  motive.  Simon  wanted  the  power  that  he 
himself  might  become  some  great  one.  He  offered  to  buy 
it  with  money  but  what  a  rebuke  he  suffered  at  the  hands 
of  Spirit  filled  Peter.  "Thou  hast  neither  part  nor  lot  in 
this  matter :  for  thy  heart  is  not  right  in  the  sight  of 
God."  One  of  the  first  things  necessary  to  get  this 
blessing  is  a  right  state  of  heart.  There  are  many  who 
come  to  the  altar  in  our  holiness  meetings  with  the  idea 
that  if  they  get  this  power  it  will  make  something  out 
of  them.  So  it  will  truly,  but  they  must  first  get  knocked 
out.  The  work  of  purification  must  precede  the  power. 
We  must  put  the  emphasis  on  here.  Purity,  cleanness 
and  then  Holiness  is  the  result.  On  this  point  hear  the 
word  of  God:  Ezekiel  36:  25.  ''Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean 
water  upon  you  and  ye  shall  be  clean  from  all  your  filthi- 
ness  and  from  all  your  idols  will  I  cleanse  you."  2  Corinth- 
ians 7:  I.  "Having  therefore  these  promises  dearly  be- 
loved let  us  cleanse  ourselves  from  all  filthiness  of  the  flesh 
and  Spirit  perfecting  holiness  in  the  fear  of  God,"  John  13  : 
8,  "Peter  saith  unto  him  Thou  shalt  never  wash  my 
feet.  Jesus  answered  him,  If  I  wash  thee  not  thou  hast 
no  part  with  me,"  i  John  i :  7.  "If  we  walk  in  the  light 
as  He  is  in  the  light  we  have  fellowship  one  with  another 
and  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Son  cleanseth  us  from  all 
sin." 

Thank  God  there  is  perfect  cleansing  in  the  blood ; 
There  is  perfect  purity,  and  no  one  is  permitted  on  this 
blessed  old  way  of  holiness  who  has  not  come  to  it  by  way 
of  the  cleansing  fountain.  A  brother  in  Massachusetts 
was  seeking  sanctification.  He  came  to  a  holiness  meet- 
ing in  Boston  and  there  at  the  altar  was  directed  to  trust 
the  cleansing  blood.  Without  any  change  of  feeling  he 
took  hold  by  faith  and  confessed  that  "the  blood  cleans- 


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eth."  His  home  was  several  miles  out  of  Boston  and  'ii 
order  to  exercise  his  faith  the  more,  he  decided  to  walk 
home  and  as  he  proceeded  homeward  he  w^ould  say  to 
himself,  "The  blood  cleanseth — the  blood  cleanseth."  It 
was  a  lonely  walk  that  night.  He  stepped  up  to  a  police- 
man and  exclaimed,  *'the  blood  cleanseth."  The  police- 
man thought  him  crazy  and  locked  him  up.  Word  was 
sent  to  his  residence  that  he  was  at  the  lock  up,  crazy. 
When  his  friends  arrived  to  take  care  of  him,  his  first 
ejaculation  was,  "The  blood  cleanseth."  He  got  through. 
The  blood  had  cleansed  and  sanctified  him  wholly. 

Now,  the  next  thing  brought  out  in  the  text  is  the 
plainness  of  the  way  of  Holiness.  How  easy  it  is  of  ac- 
cess— "The  wayfaring  men,  though  fools  shall  not  err 
therein."  Oh  that  we  could  get  the  people  to  believe  that 
the  way  of  holiness  is  not  so  hard  to  find  when  sought  from 
the  right  motives.  I  am  sorry  that  so  many  preachers 
and  teachers  befog  and  becloud  the  people  at  this  point. 
They  confuse  and  mystify  the  whole  subject  of  holiness  to 
the  people — inaking  it  appear  as  a  something  to  be  looked 
upon  and  thought  of  only  as  an  ideal  and  not  as  a  reality 
and  an  actually  obtainable  experience  and  blessing.  The 
idea  that  holiness  is  so  far  removed  from  the  realm  of  the 
obtainable  has  kept  many  out  of  the  blessing  for  a  long 
while.  Alfred  Cookman  when  seeking  it  said  :  "Frequently  1 
felt  to  yield  myself  to  God  and  pray  for  the  grace  of  entire 
sanctification,  but  then  this  experience  would  lift  itself  in 
my  view  as  a  mountain  of  glory,  and' I  would  say  it  is  not 
for  me,  I  could  not  possibly  scale  that  shining  summit ; 
and  if  I  could  my  besetments  and  trials  are  such  I  could 
not  successfully  maintain  so  lofty  a  position."  James 
Brainerd  Taylor  wrote  "My  mind  loves  to  dwell  upon 
ths  delightful  theme,  Holiness,    It  is  a  blessed  doctrine. 


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0  why  did  I  not  come  to  possess  it  before?  Why?  be- 
cause hke  many  other  professors  of  reUgion  I  looked  for 
a  death  purgatory — not  beHeving  that  the  blood  of  Christ, 
and  not  purgatory — cleanseth  from  all  sin.  This  is  in  the 
present  tense.  It  is  efficacious  now  and  the  -Lord  has  proven 
to  me  a  full,  a  complete  Savior."  Rev.  Mark  Guy  Pearse 
in  his  Thoughts  on  Holiness  gives  expression  to  the  truth 

1  am  now  trying  to  convey,  in  a  very  beautiful  parable. 
Hear  it :  "Once  I  went  forth  to  look  for  Repentance.  I 
sought  her  one  day  and  night  in  the  City  of  Mansoul. 
I  asked  many  if  they  knew  where  she  dwelt,  and  they  said 
they  had  never  seen  her.  I  met  one  grave  and  scholarly,  who 
told  me  what  she  was  like  and  bade  me  seek  her  earnestly ; 
but  he  did  not  tell  me  where  she  was  to  be  found.  Then 
all  sad  at  heart  and  wearied  with  my  search,  I  went  forth 
without  the  city  walls  and  climbed  a  lonely  hill  and  up 
a  steep  and  rugged  way,  until  I  came  in  sight  of  the  cross 
and  of  Him  who  hung  thereon.  And  lo,  as  I  looked  upon 
Him,  there  came  one  and  touched  me.  Then  instantly  my 
heart  was  melted,  and  all  the  great  deeps  of  my  soul  were 
broken  up.  'Ah,  Repentance  i  have  been  looking  every- 
where for  you,'  I  said.  'Thou  wilt  always  find  me  here,' 
said  Repentance,  'here  in  sight  of  my  crucified  Lord.  1 
tarry  at  His  feet.'  " 

Again  I  went  forth  to  look  for  Forgiveness.  I  knocked 
at  many  a  door  in  the  city  of  Mansoul  and  asked  for  her. 
"And  some  said  they  thought  she  did  live  there  sometimes : 
and  some  said  she  used  to,  once ;  and  some  said  she  came 
there  occasionally  when  the  weather  was  fine  to  spend  a 
Sabbath.  So  I  came  forth  wearied  and  sad ;  and  as  I 
reached  the  city  gate  I  met  again  the  grave  scholar,  and 
he  gave  me  much  account  of  her  birth  and  parentage,  and 
he  showed  me  her  portrait  and  told  me  of  her  gracious 


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works  and  he  bade  me  seek  her  earnestly  but  he 
did  not  tell  me  where  1  could  find  it.  So  I 
went  along  my  way  and  I  found  myself  ag'ain  upon 
the  high  hill,  climbing  again  the  steep  and  rugged  path. 
And  I  lifted  my  eyes  and  saw  once  more  the  Cross  and 
Him  who  hung  thereon  and  lo,  at  the  first  sight  of  my 
dear  Lord,  Forgiveness  met  me  and  filled  my  soul  with 
holy  peace  and  a  rest  like  heaven  itself.  ''O  I  have  had 
a  weary  search  for  you,"  I  said.  ''I  am  always  here,"  said 
Foregiveness,  ''here  at  my  Master's  feet."  Long  after- 
wards I  wondered  within  myself  where  Holiness  dwelt, 
but  I  feared  to  go  in  search  of  her.  I  knew  she  would 
never  be  at  home  in  the  low  lands  and  busy  streets  of 
Mansoul.  All  whom  I  asked  about  her  answered  doubt- 
fully. One  said  she  had  died  long  ago.  One  said  that 
she  lived  away  at  the  end  of  the  Valley  of  the  Shadow 
of  Death,  on  the  brink  of  the  river,  and  that  I 
must  hope  to  meet  her  just  before  I  crossed  over.  ''Nay" 
said  another  "she  lives  farther  still;  search  as  thou  wilt, 
thou  shalt  never  find  her  till  thou  art  safely  across  the 
river  and  landed  on  the  shores  of  the  Celestial  City."  Then 
I  remembered  how  well  I  had  fared  aforetime  on  the  Holy 
Hill  and  went  forth  again.  So  up  the  lonely  way  I  went 
and  reached  the  top  of  it  and  looked  once  more  upon  my 
blessed  Savior.  And  lo !  there  was  Holiness  sitting  at 
the  Master's  feet.  I  feared  to  say  that  I  had  been  looking 
for  her,  but,  as  I  gaze^i  upon  the  Crucified,  Holiness  rose 
up  and  came  to  me  all  graciously  and  said,  "I  have  been 
waiting  for  thee  ever  since  thy  first  coming."  "Waiting 
where?"  I  asked.  "At  His  feet"  said  Holiness.  "I  am 
always  there."  Repentance  at  the  Cross!  Forgiveness 
at  the  Cross  !  Holiness  at  the  Cross  ! 

Our  Text  also  indicates  that  Holiness  is  a  safe  way. 


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'*No  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  any  ravenous  beast  shall  go 
up  thereon."  This  however  is  not  intended  to  convey  the 
meaning  that  those  who  walk  the  way  of  holiness  are  free 
from  temptation,  trials  or  enemies.  Whilst  in  the  body 
we  shall  suf¥er  temptation  and  pass  through  trials  and  trib- 
ulation. None  of  God's  children  upon  the  earth  are  ex- 
empt from  these.  We  beheve  however  that  there  is  a  dif- 
ference in  the  way  the  devil  manifests  himself  to  the  Chris- 
tian. In  the  early  stages  of  Christian  experience  Satan 
presents  himself  as  a  lion.  "Your  adversary  the  devil  as  a 
roaring  lion  walketh  about  seeking  whom  he  may  devour." 
I  believe  in  the  more  advanced  Christian  life  the  devil 
comes  as  a  serpent  to  beguile  and  to  deceive.  The  devil 
seeing  he  cannot  prevail  against  the  believer  as  a  lion, 
comes  in  the  form  of  a  serpent.  Thus  he  came  to  our  first 
parents  in  their  time  of  holy  innocence.  Many,  alas,  of 
God's  dear  children  who  have  successfully  fought  the  dev- 
il as  a  lion  have  been  deceived  by  him  and  led  astray  into 
side  tracks  and  fanaticism  and  some  times  into  cursed  sin- 
fulness when  he  made  his  vis-its  to  them  in  the  serpent 
form.  We  need  take  care  at  this  point.  The  holiness  peo- 
ple meet  with  some  perils  here.  The  first  holiness  couple 
fell,  through  allowing  the  old  serpent  a  chance  at  their 
intellects. 

The  way  of  Holiness  is  the  ''Happy  Way."  "The 
redeemed  shall  walk  there,  and  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord 
shall  return  and  come  to  Zion  witl»  songs  and  everlasting 
joy  upon  their  heads ;  they  shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness, 
and  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  fiee  away." 

EXHORTATION  BY  COL.  F.  E.  PECK. 
I  am  glad  that  we  have  a  Saviour  that  is  able  to 
save  from  the  very  uttermost  to  the  very  uttermost.  He 
is  not  only  able  to  save  us  from  great  sin.  He  is  not  only 


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143 


able  to  save  us  from  the  gutter,  He  is  not 
only  able  to  be  with  us  in  great  trials  and  great  afflic- 
tions, but  He  is  able  to  save  us  from  the  very  torments 
and  troubles  of  daily  life  that  have  hindered  us.  (''Amen !") 

I  heard  one  brother,  a  minister  at  a  certain  place, 
testify  in  a  meeting  like  this :  (I  wasn't  going  to  sav 
that  it  was  a  minister,  but  I  guess  it  is  all  right.)  The 
minister  rose  up  and  said  by  way  of  confession :  ''When 
my  house  burned  and  everything  was  lost,  we  praised  God 
and  rejoiced.  When  our  little  one  was.^taken  away,  we 
could  rejoice  and  say,  'The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath 
taken  away;  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord!'  "  But  he 
said  Sunday  morning",  when  he  was  getting  ready  for  meet- 
ing and  couldn't  find  his  collar  and  sleeve  buttons  he  had 
been  in  the  habit  of  scolding  his  wife,  and  he  sad,  "1  want 
to  confess  it."  The  cleansing  power  of  Jesus'  blood  will 
take  this  out.  It  will  also  take  out  all  the  fret  and  worry 
and  save  to  the  very  uttermost.  I  have  found  these  things 
so.  It  will  remove  all  the  enemies  from  within.  It  is  bet- 
ter to  have  a  hundred  foes  on  the  outside  where  they  can 
be  seen  and  reached  than  one  on  the  inside  the  lines  in  dis- 
guise. Get  the  enemy  removed  from  your  heart.  ("Amen  !") 
I  am  glad  He  is  able  to  deliver  us  from  our  enemies.  Have 
you  any  of  these  enemies  to  Christian  Hfe  ? 

Paul  says  for  us  to  lay  aside  the  sin  that  so  easily  be- 
sets us.  It  may  not  be  great  things,  but  the  "little  foxes 
that  spoil  the  vines."  In  Colossians  it  says  :  "But  now  ye 
also  put  off  all  these ;  anger,  wrath,  malice,  blasphemy, 
filthy  communications  out  of  your  mouth."  Such  things  as 
these  are  fruits  of  the  flesh.  He  says  :  "Know  ye  not  that 
the  unrighteous  shall  not  inherit  the  Kingdom  of  God? 
Be  not  deceived:  neither  fornicators,  nor  idolaters,  nor 
adulterers,  nor  efifemiate,  nor  abusers  of  themselves  with 


BCBOES  OF  TEE  GENERAL 


mankind,  nor  thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor  drunkards,  nor  re- 
vilers,  nor  extortioners  shall  inherit  the  Kingdom  of  God." 

Have  we  let  malice  or  unkind  feelings  enter  our 
hearts?  People  call  that  thing  ''temper"  which  rises  up 
when  things  don't  go  right.  How  many  there  are  in  the 
church,  who  are  Christians,  who  have  this  kind  of  feeling 
when  somebody  don't  do  as  they  think  they  ought !  This 
blessing  we  are  talking  about  makes  us  humble.  It  makes 
us  free.  ("Amen !")  I  praise  God  that  He  is  able  to  take 
these  unclean  things  out  of  the  heart. 

Some  six  months  ago,  I  was  called  to  speak  at  a  place. 
I  went  ,and  the  Lord  gave  me  a  message  to  deliver,  and 
when  I  got  through  I  asked:  "Do "you  believe  Jesus  is 
coming?"  It  was  a  country  place,  and  we  had  a  nice 
large  congregation.  I  said:  "How  many  in  this  congre- 
gation can  say:  'Come  Lord  Jesus.  Come  quickly?'  Or 
would  you  want  about  15  minutes  for  prayer,  or  to  ask 
somebody's  forgiveness  ?" 

You  cannot  enter  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  with  anger, 
or  malice,  or  any  of  these  things  in  your  heart.  You  can- 
not get  in.  I  asked  that  congregation  how  many  were 
prepared,  and  only  four  were  ready.  I  want  to  ask  how 
many  of  you  are  ready.  How  many  of  you  can  say :  "I  am 
ready  any  time  he  calls  me  ?"  Stand  up.  Be  careful !  You 
who  talk  about  your  neighbors,  don't  stand  up. 

Quite  a  large  number  came  to  the  altar  for  pardon  and  purity 
and  some  found  glorious  victory. 

Tuesday,  flay  7. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

8:00  A.  M.,  Prayer  and  Praise  Service,  in  charge  of 
Bro.  T.  H.  Agnew. 

9:40  A.  M.,  Business  session,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  pre- 
siding. 


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Minutes  of  Monday's  session  read  and  approved. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Credentials  being 
_  called  for,  the  chairman  of  that  committee  gave  the  names 
of  delegates,  acted  upon  up  to  that  time,  which  had  the 
approval  of  the  Assembly. 

On  motion,  G.  A.  McLaughlin  and  S.  B.  Shaw  were 
made  a  committee  to  wait  upon  the  Chief  of  Police,  and 
obtain  a  permit  to  conduct  street  meetings. 

The  President  announced  the  loss,  by  Bro.  Thomas 
Nelson,  of  a  satchel  containing  about  $3.00  in  cash  and 
clergyman's  railroad  permits  which  would  cost  $15.00  to 
replace.  By  common  consent,  an  offering  was  taken  to 
make  good  the  loss.  On  motion,  the  Railroad  Secretary 
was  authorized  to  report  this  loss  to  the  proper  railroad 
authorities,  and,  if  possible,  secure  a  renewal  of  the  permits 
without  the  usual  fees  ($5.00  for  each  permit  lost.) 

The  committee  to  nominate  members  of  the  commit- 
tees on  Deliverances  and  Permanent  Methods,  reported 
the  following  nominations  : 

For  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods  :  Alex.  McLean 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Chairman,  T.  K.  Doty,  Cleveland,  O., 
A.  L.  Whitcomb,  Evanston,  111.,  T.  H.  Agnew,  Virginia, 
111.,  G.  A.  McLaughlin  Evanston,  111.,  J.  R.  Allen,  Water- 
loo, la.,  J.  B.  Foote,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

For  Committee  on  Deliverances :  W.  T.  Hogue,  Chi- 
cago, Chairman,  L.  B.  Kent,  Jacksonville,  111.,  E.  F.  Walk- 
er, Greencastle,  Ind.,  Hiram  Ackers,  Big  Prairie,  O.,  A. 
M.  Hills,  Greenville,  Tex.,  M.  L.  Haney,  Normal,  111.,  W. 
E.  Shepard,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

On  motion  the  report  of  the  nominating  committee 
was  accepted. 

By  vote  of  the  Assembly  the  nominations  of  the 
committee   for  members   of  the   Committee   on  Per- 


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maneiit  Methods  and  Committee  on  Deliverances,  respec- 
tively, were  confirmed. 

Bro.  G.  A.  McLaughlin  moved,  and  the  motion  pre- 
vailed, that  Wednesday  be  set  apart  as  a  day  of  fasting 
and  prayer,  excluding  all  matters  of  business  pertaining  to 
the  Assembly. 

By  a  vote  of  the  Assembly,  it  v^as  decided  to  listen 
to  representations  of  the  state  of  the  work  on  the  part  of 
the  delegates,  and  that  each  delegate  be  limited  to  five 
minutes,  the  president  to  call  for  reports  from  the  vari- 
ous sections  at  his  discretion.  The  following  named  breth- 
ren and  sisters  were  called  upon,  and  addressed  the  As- 
sembly : 

Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor,  of  Iowa:  "I  bless  God  for  a  full 
and  free  salvation.  The  Lord  called  me  out  into  evan- 
gelistic work  soon  after  I  was  called  to  preach.  I  was 
converted  when  seventeen  years  of  age.  There  came  to 
me  like  an  audible  voice,  the  words :  "Preach  the  Gos- 
pel." While  yet  a  boy,  I  used  to  attend  holiness  meetings 
and  get  down  and  pray  and  cry,  but  I  didn't  understand 
what  it  consisted  of.  I  attended  college  at  Middletown, 
Conn.,  and  in  1875  went  to  Nebraska,  where  I  took  charge 
of  my  first  circuit.  I  attended  holiness  meetings  there, 
got  the  blessing,  and  God  has  been  with  me  ever  since. 
I  felt  that  the  Lord  had  given  me  a  special  call  to  go  to 
North  Dakota.  I  said,  'Lord,  I  will  not  go  until  the  call 
is  made  very  definite.'  It  was  a  time  of  tremendous  heart- 
searching  on  my  part.  Some  of  the  brethren  said:  'We 
feel  that  you  ought  to  go  out  as  an  evangelist.'  So,  I 
went  and  took  up  my  work  in  North  Dakota,  and  I  have 
been  in  the  evangelistic  work  now  for  thirteen  years.  God 
has  wonderfully  blessed  me.  In  the  fields  where  I  was 
the  most  persecuted,  I  got  the  greatest  victories.    I  am 


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still  connected  with  the  old  Methodist  Church.  I  have  never 
been  a  'Come-outer.'  I  love  the  Church  of  God  next  to 
Jesus,  and  I  want  to  praise  God  for  the  privilege  of  being 
a  Methodist  preacher,  as  my  father  was.  I  could  have  a 
charge,  but  I  am  still  holding  on  in  evangelistic  work." 

Bro.  E.  C.  De  Jernett  of  Texas :  "I  am  glad  indeed 
to  represent  this  big  state.  I  came  from  the  Holiness  As- 
sociation in  Texas  to  represent  them  in  this  Assembly. 
I  want  to  say  that  we  praise  God  for  what  He  has  wrought 
for  the  holiness  cause.  We  have  some  fifty  holiness  camp 
meetings  in  dif¥erent  parts  of  Texas,  and  God  has  mar- 
velously  blessed  us  and  many  are  getting  sanctified.  While 
there  seems  to  be  some  falling  away  in  certain  sections,  we 
do  not  believe  the  work  in  Texas  is  going  to  pieces.  We 
didn't  get  organized  until  last  year.  We  merely  had  pray- 
ing bands,  but  in  order  to  get  them  more  closely  allied 
together,  we  organized  the  Holiness  Association- of  Texas. 
W^e  found  another  need :  We  found  that  many  people 
came  into  this  holiness  experience,  wdiom  the  Lord  called 
to  be  workers.  They  felt  unprepared  for  that,  and  the 
Lord  laid  it  on  our  hearts  to  arrange  for  a  school,  where 
they  could  get  the  proper  instruction  to  fit  them  for  carry- 
ing the  Gospel  and  spreading  holiness  among  the  people. 
We  felt  that  we  could  not  get  this  in  the  existing  religious 
schools  of  the  state,  and,  in  one  of  the  foremost  schools 
of  this  character,  w^here  the  students  wanted  to  hold  holi- 
ness meetings,  they  were  told  that  they  could  not  hold 
them  from  room  to  room  among  themselves,  and  they  were 
brought  up  before  the  authorities.  God  gave  us,  two 
years  ago  the  Texas  Holiness  University,  and  there 
have  been  212  students  enrolled  during  that  time. 
What  we  need  particularly  now  is  financial  aid  in  behalf  of 
this  institution." 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


Sister  Hattie  Livingston,  of  Iowa: — "God  has  made 
this  one  of  the  most  wonderful  winters  of  my  life.  Most  of 
my  work  has  been  in  Kansas  the  past  season.  There  are 
many  people  in  Kansas  that  want  to  get  this  salvation. 
("Amen !")  I  have  seen  many  converted  and  sanctified, 
and  there  is  one  young  man  now  studying  for  the  min- 
istry, as  a  result  of  our  labors  in  Kansas  this  year.  I 
praise  God  that  He  is  working  in  the  midst  of  the 
people.  There  are  many  holiness  people  in  Kansas. 
We  have  had  forty  or  fifty  calls  from  churches 
of  different  denominations  that  we  have  not  been 
able  to  fill.  Holiness  is  what  the  people  want.  ("Amen !") 
They  are  saying,  that,  in  the  large  city  churches,  God 
will  not  bless  the  people.  God  saved  two  hundred  and 
fifty  sinners  inside  of  five  weeks  in  one  church  in  Council 
Blufifs.  They  came  in  from  the  different  denominations, 
and  got  converted  and  sanctified.  I  am  glad  I  have  a  part 
in  this  battle.  God  is  leading  me,  and  I  praise  Him  for 
my  own  experience.  I  can  say  that  'I  live  yet  not  I,  but 
Christ  liveth  in  me.'  I  haven't  any  home  in  this  world, 
but  I  am  willing  to  be  homeless  for  His  sake.  I  am  will- 
ing to  go  alone  for  Jesus."  ("Amen!") 

Deacon  George  M.Morse  of  Connecticut : — "I  am  here, 
Brethren,  because  I  love  you.  God  has  identified  me  with 
you.  I  have  been  a  Baptist  for  forty-three  years.'  My 
mother  was  a  Baptist  and  brought  me  up  in  that  church. 
I  walked  three  miles,  four  months  before  I  was  'born' 
(again)  to  talk  with  an  old  lady  on  the  subject  of  the  sal- 
vation of  her  own  soul;  when  I  got  converted,  I  walked 
back  again.  ("Amen!")  I  sat  up  with  my  mother  even- 
ings for  many  years  preaching  holiness,  before  I  experi- 
enced holiness  in  my  heart.  She  went  down  to  a  camp 
meeting  and  got  sanctified  two  or  three  months  before 


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her  son  got  the  experience.  It  was  through  Wm.  T.  Har- 
row (now  in  glory)  at  New  Bedford,  that  I  was  led  into 
the  faith  more  perfectly  and  God  sanctified  me  wholly.  I 
know  it!  (Traise  the  Lord!')  I  started  a  mission  aft 
God  sanctified  me,  and  set  up  in  business.  I  bought  a 
■second-hand'  Episcopalian  Church  and  paid  so  much  for 
it  that  they  built  another  and  had  a  little  to  spare!  A 
great  many  souls  have  been  sanctified  through  this  mis- 
sion. 

I  love  the  holiness  brethren,  and  the  holiness  ele- 
ment better  than  anything  on  this  round  earth  to-day!" 
("Amen !") 

Bro.  H.  C.  McBride  of  New  York:  became  a 
minister  when  I  was  seventeen  years  of  age,  starting  in 
at  a  school  house  on  the  corner  of  my  father's  farm,  and 
had  one  hundred  and  fifty  souls  converted  in  nine  weeks. 
Praise  God !  A  number  of  them  entered  the  ministry, 
and  a  good  many  have  gone  to  heaven.  Soon  after  that, 
I  entered  the  Philadelphia  Conference,  and  Alfred  Cook- 
man  took  me  under  his  wing.  In  Spring  Garden  St. 
Church  I  was  gloriously  sanctified,  and  I  am  going 
through  on  that  line.  ("Amen !")  I  have  no  family  but 
my  wife,  and  she  being  in  sympathy  with  my  work,  sings 
with  me,  as  Sister  Harris  does  with  her  husband.  For 
twelve  years  I  have  been  doing  evangelistic  work  from 
Canada  to  Chicago,  and  God  has  wonderfully  blessed  me 
in  this  work.  I  am  glad  to  be  here.  I  have  enjoyed  this 
convention  very  much.  Pray  for  me  that  the  Lord  will 
keep  me  humble,  and  make  me  more  useful  in  His  cause." 

Bro.  H.  L.  Jones,  of  Arkansas  :  "I  trust  you  don't 
think  that  no  good  thing  can  come  out  of  Arkansas ! 
(Laughter.)  I  tell  you  there  are  some  good  things  in  Ar- 
kansas.   There  are  other  holiness  camp  meetings  in  the 


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EVHOEIS  OF  THE  (JESERAL 


state,  but  I  will  speak  particularly  concerning  the  Fulton 
County  Holiness  Association.  It  is  not  a  year  old  yet. 
We  tried  to  get  the  Methodist  Camp  Grounds,  but  couldn't 
come  to  an  arrangement,  so  this  Association  was  organ- 
ized. We  drew  up  a  constitution,  and  I  referred  the  mat- 
ter to  Bro.  McLaughlin,  and  he  indorsed  it.  There  are 
eighty  members  in  our  Association.  We  own  31-2  acres 
of  land,  and  have  a  plain  shed  38x50  feet.  We  have  only 
had  one  camp  meeting,  but  we  had  between  forty  and  fifty 
sanctified.  ("Amen !")  We  want  to  be  connected  with 
the  National  Holiness  Association,  or  in  some  way  con- 
nected with  you,  that  you  may  be  a  blessing  to  us.  God 
is  with  us  in  Arkansas."    (''Amen !") 

Bro.  W.  E.  Shepard  of  California:  "I  had  a  call  last 
winter  while  I  was  in  California,  to  come  to  a  town  in 
the  East.  California  folks  don't  like  to  come  East  in  the 
winter  time.  I  wrote  them  that  I  did  not  expect  to  come 
East  then.  I  was  walking  along  the  street  in  Los  An- 
geles, about  two  months  afterwards  and  the  Lord  spoke 
to  me  and  said :  'You  better  send  a  telegram  and  tell 
them  that  you  will  come.'  This  was  the  21st  of  Janu- 
ary. I  prayed  about  it  half  an  hour  or  so,  and  it  deepened 
on  me.  I  telegraphed  them  that  I  could  come,  and  got 
their  reply  to  come  quick.  When  I  got  there  the  pastor 
said :  'This  is  a  case  of  Cornelius  and  Peter.'  It  seemed 
that  two  of  the  pastors  had  an  arrangement  as  to  evan- 
gelists, and  this  one  had  been  disappointed,  and  right  in 
the  midst  of  it,  he  got  my  telegram.  I  believe  the  Lord 
sometimes  gives  me  an  appointment.  I  spent  a  great 
deal  of  the  winter  in  Los  Angeles,  with  our  home  church 
of  about  1,000  members.  Never  a  week  passes  by  but 
what  we  have  sinners  converted  and  believers  sanctified." 

Rev.  A.  L.  Whitcomb  of  Illinois ; — "I  was  convertecl 


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when  I  was  fifteen  years  of  age ;  sanctified  wholly  when 
I  was  twenty-three.  During  the  seventeen  years  T  have 
been  a  pastor,  I  have  had  more  or  less  to  do  with  the  sub- 
ject of  holiness : — I  might  perhaps  say  'more.'  I  was 
at  "the  head  of  a  Theological  Seminary  at  Evansville  three 
years,  and,  now,  in  addition  to  my  duties  as  pastor,  I  have 
seven  camp  meetings  on  my  hands  for  this  summer,  all 
on  holiness  fines."  (''Bless  God!"  "That's  enough  for 
one  pastor!") 

Bro.  John  Norberry  of  Connecticut :  "I  was  four- 
teen years  of  age,  when  tlie  Lord  and  vSaviour  came  into 
my  life.  He  regenerated  me,  transformed  the  wh^'^  'rnor 
of  my  being,  and  gave  me  a  'title  clear  to  mansions  in 
the  skies.'  ("Amen!")  I  have  got  the  blessing  of  per- 
fect love.  I  am  in  the  experience.  ("Amen !")  My  wife 
is  over  there,  and  she  will  tell  you  that  I  have  it  in  the 
home.  I  thank  God,  I  am  in  love  with  holiness  people." 
("Amen !") 

Sister  C.  B.  Boyce  of  Chicago: — "I  rejoice,  in  my 
heart,  for  the  Kansas  work  Sister  Livingston  has  been 
telling  about.  I  have  been  putting  in  about  three  years, 
most  of  the  time  in  the  great  state  of  Kansas,  and  there 
is  room  enough  there  for  others.  There  is  a  great,  hun- 
gry call  for  full  salvation.  I  have  seen  multitudes  of  souls 
come  into  the  experience.  One  ])astor  said,  just  as  T 
got  into  town,  'Let  me  tell  you  sometliing:  Don't  sav 
anything  about  holiness  for  awhile.  Wait  until  you  get 
the  hearts  of  the  people,  before  you  talk  about  holiness.' 
I  said:  'Why  didn't  you  send  for  somebody  else?  I 
will  pack  my  grip  and  go.'  He  said:  'That  will  not  do. 
Just  be  careful  how  you  speak  of  holiness.'  I  tell  you 
I  talked  sactification  and  holiness  as  T  never  did  be- 
fore in  my  fife.    The  result  was  we  had  eighty  saneti- 


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fied  and  one  hundred  and  fifteen  conversions.  I  l()ve  Uie 
holy  people,  the  Holy  Son,  the  Holy  Ghost  and  the  Holy 
Father.    I  am  in  for  all  there  is  in  salvation."  ("Amen!") 

Bro.  James  Harris  of  Canada : — "I  thank  God  that 
I  was  wholly  sanctified  nearly  fi.ft}^  years  ago  in  a  little 
village  in  Canada.  I  had  no  idea  I  would  meet  with  anv 
opposition,  but  sometimes  during  that  time,  I  have  had 
to  stand  almost  alone  along  these  lines. 

"You  have  given  me  a  big  territory  about  which  to 
speak,  everything  above  your  Northern  boundary,  except 
Alaska.  I  want  to  tell  you  that  holiness  is  there.  We 
are  spreading  holiness  throughout  that  country,  and  God 
is  blessing  us." 

Bro.  Thomas  Nelson  of  Indiana: — "I  love  the  holi- 
ness brethren.  God  drew  me  to  the  holiness  people  when 
my  folks  were  very  anxious  to  make  me  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic years  ago.  I  haven't  any  people  except  holiness 
people,  and  I  have  been  giving  my  life  to  that  cause  for 
a  long  while.  I  am  not  here  to  congratulate  people  on 
the  success  of  their  work.  I  believe  we  are  here  more 
for  humiliation  than  for  congratulation.  ("Amen!")  If 
I  would  give  vent  to  my  feelings  at  this  moment,  I  would 
break  down  and  sob  like  a  baby.  God  wants  us  to  get 
on  our  faces  and  pray.  I  don't  believe  we  ought  to  come 
like  the  great  bankers  and  aristocracy,  and  boast  of  what 
our  fathers  and  grandfathers  used  to  do.  I  beheve  God 
has  as  much  power  to-day  as  He  has  ever  shown  through 
His  people  in  the  past.  I  praise  God  that  He  sanctified 
me  wholly,  and  I  am  glad  for  what  He  is  doing  along  the 
line  of  holiness  among  the  people.  I  am  here  to  take 
on  a  deeper  type  of  holiness,  if  possible."    ("Amen !") 

Sister  Kent  White  of  Colorado : — "I  assure  you  that 
it  affords  me  much  pleasure  to  look  into  the  faces  of 


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153 


the  people  of  this  convention.  It  is  wonderfully  com- 
forting to  sit  down  by  somebody's  else  fire-side,  and 
I  am  glad  to  be  with  you.  It  is  a  glorious  thing  to 
know  that  you  are  saved  and  sanctified.  The  Lord  led 
me  into  the  experience  eight  years  ago.  It  is  the  big- 
gest thing  in  this  world.  I  couldn't  contain  it  all.  ("Amen. 
Glory")  I  extend  the  invitation  for  you  all  to  come  to 
Colorado.  We  have  been  called  to  estabhsh  a  mission 
at  Butte,  Montana,  which  has  been  the  means  of  saving 
two  or  three  hundred  souls.  In  Wyoming,  we  have  an- 
other mission.  You  would  be  surprised  at  the  number 
of  letters  that  come  in  from  those  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, from  young  people  who  want  to  go  into  the  work. 
I  praise  God  victory  is  coming  our  way." 

Song  by  congregation:  "Make  me  a  Blessing  To- 
day." 

Bro.  A.  C.  Morehouse: — "I  move  that  Bro.  Alex. 
McLean  be  appointed  to  despatch  greetings  to  the  Tues- 
day Afternoon  Holiness  Meeting  in  New  York,  accom- 
panied with  our  prayers  for  the  conversion  of  sinners 
and  the  entire  sanctification  of  believers.  These  meet- 
ings began  Feb.  9th,  1866,  and  have  continued  without 
a  break  every  Tuesday  afternoon.  We  ought  to  encourage 
Sister  Van  Cott'and  Bro.  Rowland."  ("Amen!") 

The  motion  prevailed  and  greetings  were  sent. 

Bro.  Aura  Smith  of  Indiana: — "I  assure  you  that  I 
am  glad  to  be  here,  but  I  had  a  hard  time  getting  here. 
I  was  converted  thirty  years  ago.  I  was  sanctified  twenty- 
three  years  ago.  God  immediately  called  me  out  into 
this  holiness  work,  and  I  have  been  in  the  work  ever 
since  God  sanctified  me.  I  have  had  the  privilege  of 
seeing  Mormons  get  down  on  their  knees  and  get  this 
blessed  religion.    ("Amen!")    I  saw  one  of  the  most 


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beautiful  sights  within  tlie  last  two  weeks  I  ever  wit- 
nessed. A  ]\Iornion  woman  came  to  the  meetings.  She 
had  a  baby  in  her  arms,  and  she  would  come  to  the 
altar  with  it,  and  it  would  cry.  She  would  get  up  and 
take  it  away,  then  she  would  be  right  back  again. 
She  got  gloriously  converted.  ("Amen !")  I  just 
had  to  tear  myself  away  from  the  work.  Utah  is  open- 
ing up  to  holiness.  ("Glory!")  Since  I  left  there,  I 
had  a  letter  from  another  minister.  He  says  :  "We  want 
holiness  all  over  Utah.''  Praise  God  for  the  spreading 
of  holiness  all  over  the  land.  I  want  to  see  a  great, 
sweeping  revival  move  over  the  whole  country.  (''Amen  !") 
It  has  not  often  been  my  privilege  to  be  in  large  meet- 
ings of  holiness  people.  I  am  glad  when  I  have  the  op- 
portunity." 

Bro.  J.  T.  Hatfield  of  Indiana : — "I  was  sanctified 
twenty-one  years  ago.  Since  that  time,  I  have  been  going 
to  and  fro  over  the  earth,  preaching  holiness  and  praising- 
God.  ("Amen!")  I  have  been  in  every  county  of  our 
state  from  the  Michigan  line  to  the  Ohio  River.  The 
Lord  has  been  giving  me  the  victory.  When  God  gives 
us  the  Holy  Ghost  in  our  souls,  He  will  give  us  the  right 
of  way.  ("Amen !")  All  we  need  is  to  get  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  keep  sweet.  I  am  dead  to-  everything  else 
except  God.  I  don't  care  for  men,  or  money  or  any- 
thing else.  ("Amen  !'"j  I  tell  you  I  have  gone  right 
up  in  the  pulpit  and  taken  the  meeting  out  of  the  minis- 
ter's hands,  and  got  him  to  seek  sanctification.  Five  of  our 
presiding  elders  tried  to  keep  me  out  of  the  work  down 
there,  but  one  told  me  if  I  would  stay,  he  would  give 
me  work  three  hundred  and  sixty  five  days  in  the  year. 
Bless  God !    During  that  year  we  had  3,500  conversions 


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in  his  district,  while  all  the  five  others  combined  only  liad 
2,000.   I  am  looking  for  great  things."   ("Amen !") 

Bro.  Wm.  R.  Benkert  of  Iowa:— "I  belong  to  Jesus 
Christ.  I  am  one  of  the  new  born.  The  world  may 
call  us  crazy,  but  it  is  not  on  new  wine,  brethren.  T 
am  acquainted  Avith  this  Jesus,  and  I  came  about  it  hon- 
estly. When  I  was  but  a  child,  I  was  crippled.  Three 
doctors,  after  treating  me  for  thirteen  years,  said  I  would 
always  be  a  cripple.  My  Christian  mother  read  to  me  out 
of  the  Word  of  God,  how  Jesus  healed,  and  how  he  was 
still  the  same  healer.  I  went  out  on  the  farm,  and,  al- 
though I  have  not  been  there  for  forty  years,  I  believe  I 
could  find  the  exact  spot.  I  knelt  down  and  made  a 
vow  to  God  and  said :  'If  you  will  heal  me,  I  will  be 
Thine  forever.'  I  got  up  from  my  knees  and  was  in- 
stantly healed.  ("Bless  God !")  So  you  see  the  God  of 
Daniel  still  lives." 

(Bro.  Fowler:  "Everybody  that  is  wiUing  to  praise 
God  for  that  healing  say,  Amen." — Cries  of  "Amen !") 

"I  was  only  thirteen  years  old  when  I  was  healed. 
I  once  was  a  Methodist;  I  once  was  a  United  Brethren; 
I  once  was  a  Repubhcan ;  I  once  was  a  Prohibitionist,  but 
now  I  have  become  a  Christian."   ("Amen !") 

On  motion,  it  was  decided  to  invite  Bro.  Seth  C.  Rees 
to  hold  his  noonday  meetings  in  the  audience  room  (oc- 
cupied by  the  Assembly),  during  the  week  days  of  the 
Assembly.  The  invitation  was  extended  by  Brother  Fow- 
ler but  declined. 

Bro.  A.  L.  Whitcomb  tendered  his  resignation  as 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods,  on 
account  of  his  duties  as  secretary,  and  Bro.  Aura  Smith 
was  chosen  to  succeed  him  on  said  committee. 

It  was  announced  that  Wednesday  forenoon  would 


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be  devoted  to  prayer  and  supplication,  and  that  Bro.  A. 
L.  Whitcomb  would  preach  at  2 130  P.  M.  and  Bro.  B. 
S.  Taylor  at  7 130. 

The  meeting  was  brought  to  a  close  by  the  congre- 
c^ation  singing  the  Doxology. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

2  :oo  p.  m.  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding.  Sister  S. 
B.  vShaw:  ''I  want  to  say  a  few  words  about  that  Prayer 
Roll.  (This  stretched  twice  across  the  church  from  gal- 
lery to  gallery.)  Could  you  all  have  had  the  privilege  I 
have  had  of  reading  those  letters  I  am  sure  your  hearts 
would  cry  out  to  God  for  an  answer  to  those  many  peti- 
tions. Many  are  from  those  who  are  either  themselves 
afflicted  in  body  or  who  have  friends  whom  they  long 
to  see  healed.  Many  represent  the  cry  of  a  mother's 
heart  for  the  salvation  of  her  children.  Some  ask  you 
to  pray  for  a  wandering  boy  far  away  from  God.  Some 
tell  the  story  of  the  yearning  of  a  heart-broken  wife 
who  has  long  prayed  for  the  salvation  of  her  husband 
and  whose  heart  has  almost  grown  faint  because  of  an- 
swer long  delayed.  Some  of  those  letters  are  from  hearts 
longing  for  pardon — others  ask  you  to  pray  that  they 
may  be  made  whiter  than  snow  and  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost.  Pastors  and  Sunday-school  teachers  and  other 
workers  ask  you  to  pray  that  God  may  baptize  them 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  help  them  to  win  souls. 

The  Spirit  will  help  us  to  bear  these  petitions  to  the 
throne.  (''Amen !")  God  knows  them  all :  ("Amen")  and 
as  we  pray,  let  us  remember  that  every  letter  repre- 
f.-nts  some  heart  that  is  crying  out  to  God  and  let  us 
unite  with  them,  and  God  will  hear  and  answer  prayer. 
("Amen"  "Amen.") 


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Earnest  united  prayer  followed  in  which  all  requests 
represented  by  the  Prayer  Roll  were  remembered. 

Singing  by  the  congregation  :  ''He  Brought  me  Out," 
''There's  Power  in  the  Blood,"  and  "Walking  with  Jesus 
My  Lord." 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  called  attention  to  the  holiness  litera- 
ture, for  sale  at  the  book  table,  and  to  the  fact  that 
all  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  his.  works,  during  the  As- 
sembly, would  be  donated  to  the  expenses  of  the  As- 
sembly. 

Prayer  by  Sister  Jennie  Smith :  "Our  Father,  Thou 
knowest  just  why  each  of  us  has  come  to  this  conven- 
tion. Thou  knowest  our  needs.  We  bless  Thee,  Lord, 
that  we  have  come  here  for  a  general  house-cleaning. 
("God  Grant  it !")  We  ask,  for  Jesus'  sake,  that  the  work 
may  be  so  definite,  and  Thy  will  so  fully  accomplished, 
that  every  one  of  us  shall  receive  a  fresh  anointing  from 
heaven,  that  we  may  be  better  fruit  bearing  branches. 
("Amen!")  Help  us  to  get  where  our  influence  will  be 
felt  by  everyone  with  whom  we  come  in  contact  both 
inside  and  outside  of  the  churches.  Help  us  to  get  to  a 
place  where,  by  word  of  mouth  and  every  act  of  life, 
our  influence  that  goes  out,  whether  conscious  or  un- 
conscious, may  touch  the  hearts  of  those  about  us.  Our 
Father,  we  want  just  such  a  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
sanctifying  power  to  come  upon  us  that  we  will  honor 
and  glorify  Thee  in  every  avenue  of  life,  and  then  we  shall 
not  be  a  stumbling  block  for  the  criticising  world.  O, 
let  salvation  come  to  souls  and  sanctificatiion  to  believers, 
through  this  Assembly ! 

Our  Father,  bless  each  one  of  the  leaders,  and  eacli 
member  of  the  committees,  and  let  such  as  shall  be  saved, 
be  saved  through  and  through,  sanctified  and  made  meet 


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for  the  Master's  use.    Be  with  him  who  shall  address  us 

this  afternoon,  and  may  we  all  be  so  faithful  to  our  trust. 

that,  when  the  final  call  comes,  we  may  have  thousands 

of  trophies  laid  at  the  ^lastar's  feet.    We  ask  it  all  for 

Jesus'  sake.  Amen. 

Song  by  Sister  Aura  Smith:    *'The  Old  Fountaia."- 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  AURA  SMITH. 

Text :  Ezekiel  36 :2y2g.  "Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water 
upon  you.  and  ye  shall  be  clean  from  all  your  filthiness,  and  from  all 
yonr  idols,  will  I  cleanse  you." 

That  is  the  kind  of  sprinkling  I  believe  in  !    ("Good !" 

"Glory.")    It  would  be  a  big  thing  if  we  even  stopped 

there,  but  He  tells  us  in  the  next  verses  the  process  by 

which  this  is  brought  about :    "A  new  heart  also  will  I 

give  you,  and  a  new  spirit  will  I  put  within  you."  That 

would  be  glorious,  wouldn't  it,  if  you  just  stopped  there. 

I  will  never  forget  the  day  when  that  took  place  with 

me.  when  I  found  that  a  new  heart  had  come  into  me, 

when  I  found  a  new  spirit  possessed  me.    But  I  soon 

found  out  there  was  something  else  in  me  and  then  my 

trouble  began.    I  shouted  in  a  quiet  way,  because  I  was  a 

quiet  person  at  that  time.    I  praised  the  Lord  all  that 

day.    But  I  soon  found  I  had  something  in  me  contrary 

to  this  new  heart  and  trouble  began  and  kept  up  for 

about  seven  years.    Then  I  found  the  experience  of  this 

text:  **And  I  will  take  away  the  stony  heart  out  of  your 

flesh,  and  I  will  give  you  an  heart  of  flesh.    And  I  will 

put  my  Spirit  within  you,  and  cause  you  to  walk  in  mv 

statutes,  and  ye  shall  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them. 

And  ye  shall  dwell  in   the  land  that  I  gave   to  your 

fathers ;  and  ye  shall  be  my  people  and  I  will  be  your 

God.    I  will  also  save  you  from  all  your  uncleannesses ; 

and  I  will  call  for  the  corn,  and  will  increase  it,  and  lay 

no  famine  upon  you."    '"And  I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of 


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the  tree  and  the  increase  of  the  field,  that  ye  shall  re- 
receive  no  more  reproach  of  famine  among  the  heathen. 
Then  shall  ye  remember  your  own  evil  ways,  and  your 
doings  that  were  not  good,  and  shall  loathe  yourselves  in 
your  own  sight  for  your  iniquities  and  for  your  abomina- 
tions/' 

The  first  thing  I  call  your  attention  to  in  the  text 
is  that  water  and  fire  are  used  as  symbols  of  the  work 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Or,  let  me  put  it  in  another  simple 
way:  Water  and  fire  are  used  as  symbols  of  the  work 
of  salvation. 

Turn  now  to  the  3rd  chapter  of  Matthew,  11,  12 
verses.  "I  indeed  baptize  you  with  water  unto  re- 
pentance: but  He  that  cometh  after  me  is  mightier  than 
I,  whose  shoes  I  am  not  worthy  to  bear :  He  shall  baptize 
you  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  with  fire :  Whose  fan  is  in 
His  hand,  and  He  will  thoroughly  purge  His  floor,  and 
gather  His  wheat  into  the  garner;  but  He  will  burn  up 
the  chaff  with  unquenchable  fire."  (I  hope  that  you  who 
are  in  the  experience  are  all  praying — (''We  are.")  that 
somebody  that  hasn't  this  experience  of  holiness  will  get 
it  and  I  am  going  to  preach  to  that  particular  person.) 
("Amen!")  What  does  He  mean  by  "you"  here?  In  my 
early  days,  I  heard  this  used  as  a  proof  text  for  hell 
fire.  John  says  the  very  people  whom  he  had  baptized 
with  water  unto  repentance,  Jesus  was  to  baptize  .with 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire.  Some  preacher  in  Indiana  put 
a  question  on  the  board  and  asked  if  anybody  could  prove 
that  there  was  any  other  baptism  than  the  baptism  of 
water.  A  drayman  walked  right  to  the  front  and  w4-ote 
under  the  question  Matthew  3:  11,  12,  and  the  preacher 
read  the  verses  I  have  quoted.  It  only  took  a  -sanctified 
drayman  to  answer  that  question.   Here  He  promises  the 


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baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire  to  those  whom  he  has 
baptized  with  water  unto  repentance. 

Notice  again:  ''Whose  fan  is  in  His  hand,  and  He 
will  throughly  purge  His  floor,  and  gather  His  wheat  into 
the  garner,  but  He  will  burn  up  the  chaff  with  un- 
quenchable fire."  Who  is  the  floor  of  Jesus  Christ?  Not 
sinners.  Recently  a  man  said  to  me  "I  believe  in  the 
great  universal  fatherhood  of  God."  "But,"  I  said,  "If 
you  mean  that  every  man  and  woman  are  children  of 
God,  you  are  mistaken.  We  are  not  children  of  God  nor 
the  'floors'  of  Christ  until  we  are  regenerated  and  born 
into  the  family  of  God."  God  promises  to  baptize  those 
that  have  received  the  baptism  of  water  unto  repentance, 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire,  and  this  fire  is  to  burn  up 
the  chaff  of  our  evil  natures. 

Turn  to  the  3rd  Chapter  of  Malachi.  Keep  in  mind 
that  water  and  fire  are  used  as  symbols  of  salvation. 
"Who  shall  stand  when  He  appeareth?  for  He  is  like  a 
refiner's  fire,  and  like  fuller's  soap :  And  He  shall  sit 
as  a  refiner  and  purifier  of  silver :  and  He  shall  purify  the 
sons  of  Levi,  and  purge  them  as  gold  and  silver,  that 
they  may  offer  unto  the  Lord  an  offering  in  righteous- 
ness." 

Next  take  Isaiah  4:  3:  "And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
that  he  that  is  left  in  Zion,  and  he  that  remaineth  in 
Jerusalem,  shall  be  called  holy."  Please  note  the  qualifi- 
cation: "Even  every  one  that  is  written  among  the  liv- 
ing in  Jerusalem."  It  does  not  stop  yet.  "When  the 
Lord  shall  have  washed  away  the  filth  of  the  daughters 
of  Zion,  and  shall  have  purged  the  blood  of  Jerusalem 
from  the  midst  thereof  by  the  spirit  of  judgment,  and  by 
the  spirit  of  burning." 

■  Now,  he  says  these  are  to  be  called  holy  when  this 


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washing  takes  place  that  is  to  wash  away  the  filth  of  the 
daughters  of  Zion. 

I  had  been  converted  seven  years,  but  never  during 
that  time  applied  the  term  "holy"  to  myself,  but  the 
moment  I  went  to  the  fountain,  from  the  moment  I  re- 
ceived the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  fire,  people 
have  introduced  me  as  a  holiness  man,  and  my  denomina- 
tion have  spoken  of  me  as  such.  I  happened  to  be 
in  a  strange  town.  I  went  to  the  depot  to  take  the 
train.  There  was  a  lady  and  her  husband  waiting  there, 
and  as  I  came  by  she  said  to  her  husband:  "There 
is  one  of  them  now !  There  is  one  of  those  holiness 
fellows."  I  said,  "I  am.  You  are  correct.  I  would  like 
to  tell  you  a  little  of  my  experience.  I  told  them  how 
God  had  sanctified  me.  She  turned  to  her  husband  and 
said,  "I  want  that  washing,"  and  he  said  he  did  too.  I 
didn't  get  this  until  I  got  the  second  experience. 
You  will  notice  all  of  these  verses  indicate  cleanness  and 
purity  of  the  very  highest  type.  The  first  verse  of  my 
text  expresses  simply  the  result  promised.  There  are  pas- 
sages that  simply  give  the  results  of  salvation,  without 
especially  noting  the  process.  For  instance :  Matt,  i  :2i : 
"Thou  shalt  call  His  name  Jesus,  for  He  shall  save  His 
people  from  their  sins."  There  is  nothing  said  in  that 
about  the  process,  but  the  simple  fact  that  Jesus  was 
to  save  us  from  our  sins.  Then  Romans  6:  22:  "But 
now  being  accounted  (?)  free  from  sin." — ("No,  sir.  That 
isn't  accounted.")  But  some  people  quote  it  that  way. 
"But  now  being  made  free  from  sin,  and  become  ser- 
vants to  God,  ye  have  your  fruit  unto  holiness,  and  the 
end  eyerlasting  life."  It  doesn't  say  "you  will  be,"  but 
now  being  actually  made  free  from  sin,  you  have  your 
fruit  unto  holiness.    Some  people  talk  about  having  ever- 


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lasting  Hie  now,  and,  when  they  die,  they  are  going  to  he 
made  free  from  sin,  then  they  are  going  to  have  their 
fruit  unto  hoHness.  The  freedom  from  sin,  the  fruit  imto 
hoHness  is  an  experience  we  get  here,  and  the  crowning 
thing  of  everlasting  life,  we  get  hereafter.  This  is  the 
divine  order.  Jeremiah  33 :  8 :  "And  I  will  cleanse  them 
from  all  their  iniquity,  whereby  they  have  sinned 
against  me;  and  I  will  pardon  all  their  iniqui- 
ties whereby  they  have  sinned,  and  whereby  they 
have  transgressed  against  me."  I  read  that  for 
this  purpose:  to  show  that  He  promises  to  cleanse 
away  the  very  thing  that  causes  us  to  commit  iniquity. 
God  promises  to  save  every  man  up  to  the  place  where 
he  can  live  a  holy  life.  In  order  to  do  that,  he  promises 
to  take  out  the  very  root  of  the  matter  that  causes  us 
to  commit  sin.  To  illustrate:  In  a  meeting  at  Aspen, 
Colo.,  I  stepped  up  to  a  man  at  the  altar  and  asked  him. 
if  he  was  there  for  pardon  or  purity.  He  looked  up 
and  said :  "I  am  here  because  my  wife  told  me  to  come." 
"Don't  you  want  to  be  a  Christian?"  "I  can't  be  a 
Christian."  "What  do  you  mean  by  that  ?"  "Brother,  lots 
of  nights  I  lay  awake  all  night  and  promise  I  will  never 
touch  another  drop  of  liquor,  but  the  next  morning  I  am 
in  the  saloon  before  breakfast  and  drunk  before  nine 
o'clock.  I  can't  be  a  Christian.  I  can't  let  rum  alone,  and 
there  is  no  use  of  my  trying."  "Brother,  Jesus 
Christ  can  deliver  you  from  rum  so  that  you  will 
not  want  it  any  more  than  the  man  who  is  speak- 
ing to  you  to-night."  "Then  I  can  be  a  Christian."  The 
thing  he  needed  was  deliverance.  I  went  to  his  home, 
and  he  said :  "I  will  never  touch  another  drop  of  iiquor, 
so  help  me  God!  if  I  die  for  the  want  of  ii."  T  drew  up 
a  pledge  and  he  put  his  signature  to  it,  and  we  got  down 


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and  prayed  until  he  was  gloriously  converted.  A  few- 
days  after  that,  I  met  him  on  the  street.  I  said,  ''how 
is  it?"  He  answered,  "I  am  the  happiest  man  you  ever 
saw.  I  can  walk  right  by  the  saloon,  and  smell  the 
liquor  without  a  particle  of  longing  for  it.  I  don't  want 
it.  I  am  a  free  man."  *1  want  you  to  stay  free."  "Have 
you  any  doubt?"  "Yes."  "Why?"  "On  account  of  that 
thing  you  have  in  your  mouth.  I  have  doubts  of  every 
fellow  that  indulges  in  tobacco.  (Cries  of  "That's  so!") 
Brother,  that  cigar  will  feed  the  appetite  for  liquor,  and, 
as  sure  as  you  hold  to  that  you  will  be  back  to  the 
saloon  in  a  little  while.*'  "Do  you  want  to  kill  me  out- 
right ?  the  appetite  for  liquor  was  a  mere  plaything  to 
this."  There  is  so  much  said  by  some  about  getting 
drunk  on  liquor,  and  nothing  about  tobacco.  As  I  said 
to  a  temperance  lecturer,  who  wanted  to  use  my  pulpit, 
"Do  you  get  up  and  scalp  the  drunkard  and  hold  him 
up  as  a  horrible  example,  and  leave  the  tobacco  devil 
alone  ?  Do  you  come  with  a  cigar  or  quid  in  your  mouth 
and  lecture  on  temperance?  If  you  do  you  can't  speak 
in  my  pulpit  on  temperance."  ("Amen!")  He  said,  "I 
don't  know  what  liquor  tastes  like.  I  don't  know  what 
tobacco  tastes  like.  I  never  touched  tea  or  coflfee  in 
my  life."  ("Amen!")  That  brother  who  had  discarded 
drinking  said :  "I  don't  smoke  but  thirty  cigars  a  day." 
No  wonder  he  was  in  bondage!  I  said:  "Do  just 'as 
you  did  with  the  liquor.  Throw  it  away."  He  did 
so.  We  knelt  down  on  the  pavement,  ("Glory  to  God.") 
and  God  rid  him  from  tobacco.  ("Amen !")  I  saw  his 
wife  some  years  after,  and  she  said  he  never  touched 
tobacco  or  liquor  after  that  day.  Just  as  God  delivers 
a  man  from  rum  and  tobacco,  He  can  deliver  us  from 


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that  thing  which  keeps  us  from  Hving  a  holy  life,  I  do 
not  care  what  it  is.   ("Amen  '/') 

Beloved,  we  are  a  little  Assembly  of  holiness  people 
here,  and,  we  should  spread  the  glad  tidings  of  deliverance 
wherever  we  go.  There  are  men  and  women  that  will 
never  be  saved  in  the  world  until  somebody  brings  to  them 
the  gospel  of  full  salvation.   (*'Amen  !") 

I  was  holding  a  meeting  a  few  years  ago  when  I 
said  to  a  judge:  "J^'i<^^§'^>  you  a  Christian?"  *'No, 
sir.  I  am  not.  I  am  a  long  ways  from  being  a  Chris- 
tian. My  judgment  approves  the  logic  of  your  preach- 
ing, but  I  don't  live  it.  I  cannot  live  it,  and  I  don't  try." 
"I  know  you  can't,  judge."  ''Then  why  do  you  want  me 
to  try?"  don't  want  you  to  try."  He  looked  at  me, 
astonished.  ''Judge,  why  can't  you  live  it?"  "It  is  the 
old  Adam  in  me,  that  is  the  reason."  "Suppose  the 
Lord  takes  that  out?"  "If  He  should  I  could  live  as  you 
preach."  "I  am  going  to  ask  you  to  come  to  God  to 
get  rid  of  the  old  Adam."  The  next  night  he  staid  at 
home  with  the  children.  He  said,  "I  don't  see  why  God 
can't  convert  me  here  as  well  as  in  the  meeting."  When 
his  wife  came  home  he  asked:  "Who  was  converted?" 
She  asked  why  he  was  so  much  interested.  "The  Lord 
converted  me  while  you  were  in  the  meeting."  When  the 
next  night  came,  he  again  said  that  he  would  stay  home. 
He  said :  "Smith  says  after  you  are  converted,  the  next 
step  is  to  get  sanctified  and  get  rid  of  the  old  Adam.  God 
converted  me  here  last  night,  why  can't  he  sanctify  me?" 
He  got  down  and  plead  with  God,  and  his  wife  came 
home  and  found  him  shouting.  She  said:  "What  has 
happened?"  "The  Lord  has  sanctified  me!"  There  are 
multitudes  of  men  and  women  like  that.  They  don't  want 
to  start  until  they  can  make  a  success  of  it.    They  have 


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their  minds  on  holiness,  and,  if  you  can  make  them  see 
that  they  will  begin  a  Christian  life. 

The  next  thing  for  consideration  is  the  process  by 
which  we  come  to  this  result.  He  says :  "A  new  heart 
also  will  I  give  you  and  a  new  spirit  will  I  put  within 
you."  God  always  begins  the  work  of  salvation  by  giv- 
ing men  a  new  heart.  God  never  intends  to  improve  the 
old  nature.  Never  !  Never  !  ("Amen  !")  God  gives  you 
something  you  never  had  before  ("Amen !") — a  new  spirit, 
regeneration  not  reformation.  That-  is  the  trouble  with  so 
many.  They  try  reformation.  They  do  not  get  to  the 
bottom,  and  the  result  is,  they  get  nothing.  God  be- 
gins by  regeneration — giving  a  new  heart  and  a  new  spirit. 
Puts  something  in  your  heart  that  was  never  there  before. 
And  it  is  this  that  gives  you  control  of  yourself,  causing 
you  to  hate  the  things  you  formerly  loved,  and  love  the 
things  you  formerly  hated.  I  never  went  to  a  prayer  meet- 
ing until  I  was  converted.  I  had  nothing  in  me  that 
wanted  me  to  go  there.  When  God  put  a  new  spirit  within 
me,  I  went  right  to  prayer  meeting,  because  I  loved  the 
prayer  meeting.  This  thing  settles  the  card  and  dance  busi- 
ness. 

The  very  fact  that  some  do  not  see  any  harm  in  these 
questionable  things  shows  that  they  haven't  the  genuine 
grace  in  the  heart,  or  they  would  turn  away  from  them.  Re- 
generation settles  this  by  giving  us  a  new  heart. 

"I  will  take  away  your  stony  heart  and  give  you  a 
heart  of  flesh."  There  must  be  a  time  then  when  there 
are  two  hearts,  or  two  sets  of  motives  in  man.  Paul 
speaks  of  the  old  man.  You  don't  talk  about  a  new  and 
an  old  bonnet  until  you  get  a  new  one.  The  Indian  said 
after  conversion :  "There  is  a  good  Indian  and  a  bad  In- 
dian in  me.    The  good  Indian  wants  me  to  be  good.  The 


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bad  Indian  wants  me  to  be  bad."  That  Indian  noticed 
this  dual  nature.  He  never  heard  of  holiness !  You  do 
not  need  a  sermon  on  holiness  to  get  you  to  see  that. 
("Amen !") 

But  we  need  not  remain  in  that  state.  God  says  He 
will  take  the  stony  heart  out,  that  is,  He^  will  deliver  us 
from  that  "old  man,"  "body  of  sin,"  from  which  ugli- 
ness, man  fearing,  passion,  covetousness,  and  these  un- 
holy things  spring  that  you  find  in  your  life  after  you 
became  a  Christian.  He  promises  to  take  this  awav.  and 
leave  only  the  single  nature.  But  He  doesn't  propose  to 
stop  there.  "And  I  will  put  my  Spirit  within  you." 

The  crowning  thought  here  is  the  enthronement  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  in  our  heart — to  be  filled  and  possessed 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  we  ought  never  to  stop  short  of 
that  culmination.  Hold  on  long  enough  to  receive  the 
baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Hold  on  by  your  faith  until 
this  comes  upon  you.  Stick  to  it,  if  it  does  take  a  few 
nights,  or  some  midnight  praying.  Press  through  until 
you  touch  rock-bottom,  until  the  Holy  Ghost  comes  in 
with  all  His  fulness,  and  leaves  no  chance  for  you  to  doubt 
the  fact  that  God  sanctifies  you.  There  was  a  time  when  I 
was  baptized  with  water.  Not  all  the  people  in  the  world 
could  make  me  believe  I  wasn't  baptized.  I  want  to  say 
to  you  that,  seven  years  after  that,  I  was  fully  as  con- 
scious that  I  was  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 
("Amen.") 

The  next  thought  in  the  text  is :  "I  will  cause  you  to 
walk  in  my  statutes  and  ye  shall  keep  my  judgments  and 
do  them."  The  question  is,  how  can  a  man  keep  the 
commandments?  Get  the  commandment  inspirer  in  His 
fullness  in  your  heart,  and  He  will  cause  you  to  keep  them. 
A  woman  had  been  reading  in  her  catechism  that  "no 


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merely  mortal  man  can,  by  all  the  grace  that  is  given 
him,  keep  the  commandments  of  God."  She  said :  "O, 
my!  Can't  God  give  us  the  power?"  You  will  note  it 
says  "no  merely  mortal  man"  can  do  it.  When  you  get 
converted  you  are  not  a  "merely  mortal  man."  Yon 
have  a  divine  nature.  I  am  glad  to  say  that  this  is  some- 
thing that  makes  it  easy  for  one  to  be  a  Christian.  God 
can  make  it  as  easy  to  serve  Him  as  any  sinner  finds  it 
to  serve  the  devil. 

"Ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  that  I  gave  to  your  fa- 
thers." God  is  to  put  us  in  a  place  where  there  is  sta- 
bility. This  will  take  the  back-sliding  tendency  away.  It 
will  get  you  so  you  will  not  have  cold  spells  and  back- 
slide between  meetings.  You  get  lukewarm.  You  don't 
abide.  You  don't  stay.  The  text  promises  to  place  you 
where  you  will  stay;  where  you  will  abide  and  dwell  in 
the  land  of  your  fathers. 

"I  will  call  for  the  corn,  and  will  increase  it."  God 
has  put  growth  in  its  place  after  cleansing.  That  is  the 
divine  order.  First  cleansed,  then  grow.  "And  lay  no 
famine  upon  you."  God  has  a  salvation  that  never  has 
any  droughts — that  never  gets  parched  up.  ("Amen!") 
It  will  keep  you  perennially  green.  That  is  what  the 
church  needs.  ("Amen!")  We  need  an  experience  that 
will  make  us  all  feel  like  we  are  just  converted.  When  I 
get  into  meetings,  and  the  blessing  comes  on  my  soul,  I 
feel  like  I  am  right  from  the  fountain  myself !  ("Glory !") 
I  haven't  backslidden  either.  When  I  get  to  feeling  that 
way,  I  talk  just  like  a  young  convert.  Often  one  just  con- 
verted can  lead  a  sinner  to  the  altar,  when  older  ones 
in  the  experience  cannot  do  anything  with  him.  He  can 
put  you  where  there  is  no  drought  or  famine.  ("Amen.") 

"I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of  the  tree,  and  the  increase 


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of  the  field,  that  ye  shall  receive  no  more  reproach  of 
famine  among  the  heathen."  This  verse  teaches  satisfac- 
tion. 

I  have  never  been  so  grieved  as  during  this  past 
winter  over  one  thing,  that  so  many  good  men  and  wom- 
en have  allowed  themselves  to  be  united  with  other  so- 
cieties than  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  ("Amen!"  "God 
help  them!")  Sinners  get  to  saying  that  the  lodge  is  as 
good  as  the  church,  and  give  out  the  idea  that  there  is  a 
lack  in  the  religion  of  to-day.  I  say  that  every  man  that 
is  a  Christian,  who  is  connected  with  secret  orders,  is 
helping  people  outside  of  the  church  to  beheve  that  there 
IS  a  failure  in  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ.  ("Amen!") 
Saying  nothing  about  the  good  there  is  in  them,  we 
ought  to  consider  that,  by  connecting  ourselves  with  them, 
we  are  deceiving  the  world.  ("Amen  I")  I  don't  need  them. 
I  bless  God,  religion  gives  me  all  I  need.  ("Amen !"  "Glory 
to  God !")  It  satisfies  me.  You  ministers  of  God,  who 
are  associated  with  the  lodge,  you  go,  and  that  man  of 
the  world  points  to  you  and  says  the  reason  you  attend 
the  lodge  is  that  the  church  doesn't  satisfy  you.  If  we 
do  not  do  anything  else,  let  us  have  the  world  see  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  all  that  any  man  needs^ — all  the  society 
he  needs;  all  the  victory  he  needs.  ("Amen!"  "Glory!") 
I  know  one  man  that  goes  up  and  down  this  world,  who 
is  satisfied,  and  don't  need  any  man  to  pity  him  !  ("Amen !") 
I  ask  you  to  see  that  in  the  text  it  is  God  who  does  the 
work.  He  says :  "I  will  sprinkle  water  upon  you  and  ye 
shall  be  clean.  I  will  give  you  a  new  heart.  I  will  take 
away  your  stony  heart."  The  same  being  that  converted 
you,  regenerated  you,  is  to  sanctify  you.  It  is  not  a 
growth.  It  is  not  a  development.  It  is  the  work  of  God. 
A  woman  once  said  to  me :  "When  I  think  about  my 


MRS.  PHEBE  EPPERSON, 
Boone,  Iowa. 


FANNIE  BIRDSALL, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


AMANDA  SMITH, 
Harvey,  111. 


MARY  E.  EDINGER, 
Demotte,  Ind. 


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heart  and  carnality  and  sins,  I  believe  it  will  take  God 
40  years  to  sanctify  me."    What  is  time  to  God  ? 

"In  the  twinkling  of  an  eye, 
God,  my  Lord,  can  sanctify." 

("Glory!")  One  thousand  years  is  as  but  a  day  with 
God.  You  do  not  have  to  work  yourself  up  by  a  growth 
in  grace.  Bless  your  soul !  When  in  God's  order  you  are 
growing  when  you  don't  know  it.  ("Amen!") 

He  says,  "I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of  the  tree  and 
the  increase  of  the  field,  that  ye  shall  receive  no  more 
reproach  of  famine  among  the  heathen."  When  you  get 
it,  you  do  not  have  to  get  up  and  advertise  that  you  are 
satisfied.  ("Glory!")  You  can  tell  a  man  that  is  sancti- 
fied by  the  company  he  keeps ;  by  the  shine  in  his  face ;  by 
the  language  of  his  mouth.  ("Amen!")  God  can  sanctify 
you.    He  can  do  it  right  now.  ("Glory!") 

At  the  ahar  service  at  the  conclusion  of  the  sermon,  fourteen 
seekers  presented  themselves,  and  a  large  part  of  the  congrega- 
tion moved  forward  and  engaged  in  this  after  service. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

7:30  p.  m.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding. 

Singing  by  Congregation :  "Calvary's  Stream  is  Flow- 
ing," "He  Touched  Me  and  Made  me  Whole,"  "Love 
Found  Me,"  "The  Open  Fountain,"  and  "We  Have  an 
Anchor." 

Prayer  by  Sister  Lilian  Smith:  "O,  God,  Thine  ear 
is  open  to  us.  Thou  hast  promised  to  hear  us.  We  praise 
Thee  for  the  power  of  lesus'  blood. 

O,  God,  wilt  Thou  honor  Thy  Word?  Give  Sister 
Livingston  just  such  a  message  as  Thou  wouldst  have 
her  deliver.  Help  us  to  understand  it  as  God  sends  it  to 
us.  We  pray  Thee  that  we  may  j^o  out  from  this  place 
equipped  for  Thy  work  better  than  ever  before. 


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We  never  could  have  saved  ourselves ;  all  the  js^lory 
is  Thine.  We  are  so  grateful  that  Thou  ever  hadst  any- 
thing to  do  with  us.  We  want  to  praise  Thee  forever, 
world  without  end.  Amen." 

Prayer  by  Sister  Sarah  A.  Cooke :  - 

"O,  Lord,  Thou  hast  said  in  Thy  Word,  that  whatso- 
ever we  ask  in  Thy  name,  believing  we  shall  receive.  O, 
Lord,  we  ask  Thy  special  blessing  on  these  services  to- 
night. Touch  the  lips  of  her  who  shall  speak  to  us.  We 
know  that  she  has  brought  many  souls  unto  the  precious 
Lamb  of  God.  Thou  didst  speak  to  Lazarus,  and  he  came 
forth  and  lived.  Thou  hast  said:  *I  am  the  resurrection 
and  the  life.  He  that  liveth  and  believeth  on  me  shall 
not  die.'  We  thank  Thee  for  eternal  life.  O,  Praise  the 
Lord !  May  the  glad  tidings  of  great  joy  reach  many  a 
heart  to-night,  and,  through  this  meeting,  may  Thy  peo- 
ple not  only  get  a  fresh  unction,  but  let  many  be  led 
to  God.  We  ask  it  all  in  the  all-prevailing  name  of  our 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  Amen." 

SERMON  BY  SISTER  HATTIE  LIVINGSTONE. 

I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the  20th  chapter  -yt 
Revelation  beginning  with  the  nth  verse:  "And  I  saw  a 
great  white  throne,  and  Him  that  sat  on  it,  from  whose 
face  the  earth  and  the  heavens  fled  away :  and  there  was 
found  no  place  for  them.  And  I  saw  the  dead,  small  and 
great,  stand  before  God ;  and  the  books  were  opened :  and 
another  book  was  opened,  which  is  the  book  of  life :  and 
the  dead  were  judged  out  of  those  things  which  were 
written  in  the  books,  according  to  their  works.  And  the 
sea  gave  up  the  dead  which  were  in  it ;  and  death  and  hell 
gave  up  the  dead  which  were  in  them  :  and  they  were 
judged  every  man  according  to  their  works.  And  death 
and  hell  were  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire.   This  is  the  second 


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death.  And  whosoever  was  not  found  written  in  the  book 
of  Hfe  was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire." 

We  shall  meet  again  the  record  of  onr  lives  that  we 
have  lived  so  carelessly  here.  God  hath  said,  for  every 
idle  word  we  shall  give  account  thereof  at  the  day  of  Judg- 
ment. 

In  the  closing  scenes  of  earth,  the  angel  will  set  his 
right  foot  upon  the  sea  and  his  left  foot  on  the  earth,  and 
swear  by  Him  that  liveth  forever  and  forever  that  time 
shall  be  no  more. 

The  Son  of  God  will  leave  the  Mediatorial  Throne  and 
take  His  seat  upon  the  Judgment  throne,  wdth  His  eyes 
as  a  flame  of  fire,  His  voice  as  the  sound  of  many  waters, 
His  countenance  as  the  sun  shining  in  his  strength.  Every 
receptacle  of  mortality  will  be  thrown  open  and  all  will 
gather  at  the  throne.  Adam  and  Eve  and  their  descend- 
ants all  down  the  ages ;  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  will  be 
there.  God  hath  said,  they  are  now  suffering  the  venge- 
ance of  eternal  fire,  but  it  will  be  more  tolerable  for 
them  at  the  day  of  Judgment  than  for  us  wdio  live  under 
the  Holy  Ghost  dispensation,  under  the  light  of  the  Gospel, 
and  reject  Christ. 

On  they  come  of  every  kindred,  tongue,  tribe  and 
nation ;  the  good  wath  their  glorified  bodies  and  radiant 
faces  reflecting  the  very  glory  of  the  Triune  God.  The 
wicked  shall  come  forth  with  a  damned  body  for  a  damned 
soul ;  their  mouths  distorted  •  with  blasphemy,  impure, 
unholy,  unclean,  loathsome  and  vile.  The  fallen  angels 
will  be  there  and  we  shall  be  there.  The  Judgment  will 
be  set  and  the  books  will  be  opeiiedv  There  are  many 
books,  but  one  is  the  book  of  life.  In  the  many  books 
are  written  the  record  of  our  lives.  We  are  also  keeping 
a  corresponding  record,  day  by  day,  upon  the  tablets  of 
our  hearts.    We  are  writing  that  which  will  never  be 


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r:(  Hoi:s  of  the  gexeral 


erased,  in  time  or  eternity.  We  are  treading  upon  chords 
which  wiU  vibrate  at  the  Great  White  Throne.  The  record 
written  in  the  tablets  of  our  memory  wiU  meet  the  angel's 
record  at  that  da}'. 

A  young  lady  who  came  nigh  unto  death's  door  by 
drowning  said  :  "At  a  certain  descent  phosphoric  radiance 
sprang  to  my  eyeballs  and  a  mighty  theater  expanded 
in  my  brain  and  I  saw-  as  part  of  co-existence,  every 
thought,  \vord,  act  and  deed  of  my  life."  So  wall  if  be 
at  the  throne. 

There  will  be  diversities  of  judgment  commensurate 
with  knowdedge.  Those  under  the  ^losaic  dispensation 
will  be  judged  by  the  Old  Testament.  Those  living  under 
the  Holy  Ghost  dispensation  wdll  be  judged  by  both  the 
Old  and  the  New^  Testament.  The  heathen,  by  the  law  of 
nature.  The  measure,  of  light  will  be  the  measure  of 
guilt.  There  never  was  a  day  when  people  sinned  against  so 
great  light  as  they  do  to-day.  I  w'ould  rather  come  up  from 
dark  Africa,  a  sinner,  and  stand  before  the  throne,  having 
never  heard  of  Christ,  than  to  come  from  our  Christian 
land,  having  heard  and  rejected  the  call  of  the  Gospel. 
The  rich  and  poor,  the  great  and  small,  shall  stand  upon 
a  common  level.  Then  shall  we  know,  even  as  also  we 
are  known.  The  secrets  of  the  heart  will  there  be  made 
manifest;  the  secrets  of  lust,  ambition,  covetousness,  sins 
known  only  to  your  heart  and  God.  Sins  committed  in  the 
dark ;  that  which  has  been  hidden  from  the  eyes  of  man 
will  there  be  brought  to  the  light  under  the  searching 
eye  of  God,  and  before  the  universe.  Sinner,  wdiat  will 
be  your  answer  and  wdiat  will  be  your  plea  at  that  day 
when  the  record  of  your  life  is  opened  up  before  God?  In 
view  of  the  family  altar,  the  calls  of  the  Spirit,  the  rejection 
uf  God,  will  you  plead,  "Lord  I  am  innocent"?  Because 
you  did  not  understand,  will  you  plead  ignorance  with  an 


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Open  Bible — while  the  Spirit  plead  with  your  heart  for 
years?  What  will  you  answer,  brother,  and  what  will  be 
your  plea?  Will  you  plead  hypocrisy  in  the  church?  t 
will  not  be  what  other  people  did.  but  we  will  stand  an  1 
answer  for  ourselves.  (''Amen")  Sinner,  what  will  yon 
plead,  when  you  see  the  saints  on  the  right  hand  an  1 
the  glory  that  might  have  been  yours  ?  Beloved  what  will 
you  answer  who  are  building  upon  the  foundation,  wood, 
hay  and  stubble,  with  no  family  altar,  with  your  cold,  for- 
mal, empty  prayers,  when  you  might  have  been  on  fire 
for  God  and  won  souls,  had  you  let  the  Holy  Ghost  come 
in  and  let  Christ  Jesus  have  His  way  with  you? 

My  heart  has  been  made  to  bleed  as  I  go  over  tlie 
land  to  find  among  God's  professed  people  so  many 
who  have  no  interest  in  the  salvation  of  souls, 
not  even  their  own  loved  ones.  Some  who  profess  holi- 
ness have  no  family  altar,  and  no  power  in  their  prayers 
or  life.  Perhaps  there  are  those  here  to-night  who  can 
look  back  to  a  time  when  their  testimonies  and  prayers 
and  life  were  on  fire.  To-day  they  are  powerless.  Time 
speeds  away.  These  golden  opportunities  will  face  us 
again  at  the  Judgment.  I  have  asked  myself  the  question 
many  times,  Will  I  be  held  responsible  for  the  power  I 
might  have  had,  if  I  had  been  more  prayerful  and  more 
fully  abandoned  to  God  ?  And  because  of  the  lack  of  pow- 
er will  souls  I  might  have  reached,  and  hearts  I  might  have 
won,  be  lost?  I  can  afford  to  do  without  the  things  of 
the  world ;  I  can  afford  to  be  misunderstood  and  misrepre- 
sented; I  can  afford  any  heartache  and  suffering;  but  1 
can  not  afford  to  lose  God's  best  and  be  without  the 
Holy  Spirit.  (''Amen.")  My  soul  must  meet  the  record 
of  these  days  and  years  before  God.  I  must  meet  my 
influence  with  my  loved  ones.  How  my  heart  has  cried 
to  God  that  I  might  touch  the  deepest  depths  of  the 


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highest  power!  I  want  to  get  more  of  God  that  I  may 
win  more  souls  for  Jesus  my  Lord.  I  feel  like  catching 
(.n  to  the  fleeting  moments  as  they  pass.  They  will  never 
return.  Many  times  I  have  stood  before  the  people  and 
lliought,  I  shall  never  touch  all  these  souls  again  but  T 
shall  meet  them  at  the  Judgment.  I  have  prayed,  My 
God,  give  me  the  right  message  and  the  power  to  present 
it  to  help  them  to  Thee.  ("Amen")  Beloved,  some  of 
you  used  to  plead  with  souls,  but  some  way  you  have  lost  \ 
the  power  and  joy  of  salvation.  You  are  saying,  "I  walk  , 
by  faith."  Yes :  God  has  called  us  to  walk  by  faith,  but  \ 
faith  brings  joy,  and  God's  power  will  come  into  your  • 
lives  and  you  will  be  anxious  for  the  lost.  Souls  are  s^oing 
into  "eternity  all  about  us.  What  we  do  must  be  done 
quickly.  Touch  us  workers.  The  last  angel  will  be  judged 
and  the  last  sentence  pronounced.  ''Then  shall  the  king 
say  unto  them  on  the  right  hand,  Come,  ye  blessed  of 
my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the 
foundation  of  the  world.  Then  shall  he  say  to  them  on 
the  left  hand,  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed  into  everlasting 
fire,  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  angels."  And  who- 
soever was  not  found  written  in  the  book  of  life  was  cast 
into  the  lake  of  fire." 

Here  when  we  lose  a  case  in  court  we  may  carry  it 
to  the  supreme,  or  United  States  court ;  but  when  we 
lose  our  case  at  the  Judgment  throne,  there  will  be  no 
higher  tribunal ;  but  the  sentence  received  there  will  burn 
and  flash  in  the  tablets  of  an  endless  eternity.  ('*Oh  Je- 
sus !")  Then  comes  the  separation  at  the  throne — the  last 
good-bye.  Here  in  this  world  the  mother  looks  upon 
the  cold  remains  of  her  darling  child  whom  God  has 
taken  from  her  bosom  and  transplanted  into  the  para- 
dise above,  and,  amid  her  tears  and  agony,  she  says,  "I'll 
meet  my  precious  one  again."    We  carry  our  dead  and 


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commit  their  bodies  to  mother  earth.  Although  we  may 
be  unsaved  there  springs  ud  a  hope  of  a  meeting  beyond 
Beloved,  there  is  coming  a  time  when  we  shall  say  good- 
bye forever.  Mother  and  child,  husband  and  wife  will 
part  never  to  meet  again.  The  redeemed  will  go  to  in 
herit  mansions  as  numberless  as  the  sands  of  the  seashore ; 
domains  of  never-ending  power,  love  and  glory. 

The  damned  will  turn  from  the  God  they  have  spurne  1, 
the  Saviour  who  shed  His  blood  to  redeem  them.  And 
they  will  take  the  last  look  upon  the  faces  of  loved  ones 
who  prayed  for  them.  Ah,  it  will  be  good-bye  to  all  hope 
and  gladness ;  good-bye  to  all  peace  and  happiness ;  good 
bye  to  the  songs  of  joy.  Only  from  henceforth  to  hear  the 
awful  wails  and  shrieks  of  the  damned.  Good-bye  to  light. 
No  ray  of  light  will  ever  pierce  the  dungeon  darkness. 
Hell  is  to  be  their  doom ;  banished  and  separated  from 
God  forever;  homesick,  and  no  home;  away  from  all 
love  and  friendship ;  never  to  hear  another  kind  word ; 
they  are  hopeless  forever. 

Sinner,  the  devil  is  promising  you  something  else  to- 
night. He  is  holding  before  you  the  pleasures  of  the 
world,  wealth  and  position.  He  is  promising  you  happi- 
ness, but  he  will  give  you  something  else.  He  will  give 
you  a  Christless  death  bed,  the  companionship  of  damned 
souls,  with  the  unclean,  unholy,  impious,  loathsome  and 
abandoned,  and,  with  the  demons  of  darkness  your  poor 
soul  will  spend  an  endless  eternity. 

Mother,  ?re  your  girls  and  boys  going  to  wail  there? 
Do  you  wonder  God  says  He  wipes  away  the  tears  from 
the  eyes  of  His  people?  We  would  weep  forever  over  the 
loss  of  loved  ones,  and  over  lost  opportunities.  Don't 
let  us  wait  to  weep  over  yonder — let  us  weep  for  the  lost 
here.    (''Amen")    Let  us  weep  and  pray  for  our  loved 


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ones  here.  Pray  that  God  may  reach  and  save  them  here 
at  any  cost  or  sacrifice. 

Alt  the  close  of  the  sermon,  the  invitation  was  extended  and 
a  number  of  seekers  came  forward,  the  altar  and  front  seats  being 
crowded  with  those  engaged  in  prayer  and  supplication. 

Wednesday,  flay  8. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

8:00  a.  m.    Prayer  and  Praise  Service. 

9:00  a.  m.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  presiding. 

Bro.  Fowler:  "None  of  us  would  have  been  here 
in  this  Christian  gathering,  had  it  not  been  for  united 
prayer.  Somebody  prayed  for  you  and  for  me.  God 
thrust  conviction  upon  us,  and  we  hurried  to  Jesus.  What 
has  been  done  for  us  can  be  done  for  others.  This  is  a 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer.  Not  so  much  a  day  for  song, 
possibly,  as  a  united  crying  to  God.  We  must  not  for- 
get to  pray  with  thanksgiving.  Just  see  this  prayer  roll ! 
Everywhere,  they  are  praying  for  the  success  of  these 
meetings,  and  for  these  requests.  God  is  looking  upon 
the  names  on  that  roll.  I  think,  perhaps,  not  many  of  us 
appreciate  the  value  of  the  moments  before  us." 

After  a  season  of  earnest  prayers,  in  which  the  con- 
gregation participated  very  generally,  the  intensity  of 
prayer  being  very  marked,  a  letter  of  greeting  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Assembly  from  Bro.  C.  B.  Ward  of  India, 
and  Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  stated  the  contents  of  a  letter  received 
from  an  inmate  of  the  Wisconsin  State  Prison,  showing 
that,  while  he  was  imprisoned  behind  the  bars,  he  was  no 
longer  a  prisoner  to  sin.  He  asked  the  prayers  of  the 
Assembly, 

Bro.  J.  B.  Foote,  led  in  prayer  in  behalf  of  Bro. 
Ward  of  India  and  the  brother  at  the  Wisconsin  State 
Prison. 

Another  long,  continuous  seasofx  of  prayer  v/as  en- 


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gaged  in.  Perhaps  some  idea  of  this  service  can  be  conveyed 
to  the  reader,  from  the  description  given  by  a  party  who 
was  present  to  record  the  meeting.  IJe  says :  "Imagine  a 
vast  assemblage  of  God's  people  under  the  spirit  and 
inspiration  of  prayer  upon  prayer,  and  long  waiting  upon 
God.  Have  you  ever  witnessed  a  great  frontier  prairie 
fire  rise  in  intensity  of  blaze,  then  die  down  momentarily 
to  break  forth  with  renewed  power?  It  was  just  so  that 
the  prayer  waves  rose  on  this  occasion,  until  it  seemed 
that  every  soul  in  divine  presence  was  petitioning,  from  its 
very  depths,  the  throne  on  high.  Then  would  come  a 
lull,  and,  while  there  was  an  absence  of  the  sound  of 
supplicating  voices,  one  seemed  to  be  overwhelmed  with 
a  mighty,  indescribable  Presence.  Following  this  brief 
pause  would  come  again  the  voice  of  prayer,  gradually 
increasing  in  volume  and  intensity,  on  every  hand,  until 
it  exceeded  every  previous  bound  and  it  seemed  that  each 
individual  soul  was  vying  with  every  other  to  prevail  the 
more  mightily  with  the  Eternal  Father.  With  brethren 
and  sisters  prostrate  before  God,  with  fervid  petitions,  with 
agonizing  groans  and  tearful  appeals  to  the  Throne  of 
Grace,  it  was  truly  an  awe-inspiring  spectacle,  and  one 
never  to  be  forgotten  by  any  who  witnessed  it." 

The  closing  words  of  the  session,  by  President  C.  J. 
Fowler,  are  a  fitting  expression  of  the  presence  of  the 
Spirit  on  that  occasion.  Bro.  Fowler  said:  "You  may 
not  have  felt  the  pressure  that  is  on  some  hearts  here ; 
you  may  not  have  had  upon  your  hearts  the  burden  that 
is  on  some  hearts  here  now — it  does  not  necessarily  follow 
that  you  are  not  right  with  God,  because  you  haven't  it. 
You  are  not  necessarily  out  of  harmony  with  God.  Do 
not  let  the  accuser  take  advantage  of  you  there.  But, 
if  you  have  not  been  in  sympathy  with  what  yau  have  wit- 
nessed here,  and  have  looked  upon  it  as  creature  activity, 


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as  human  manifestation  ;  if  yon  have  been  nervous  in  the 
presence  of  this  thing,  you  want  to  look  out. 

What  meaneth^  this  ?  That  question  will  come  up  -n 
the  intermission.  Let  us  be  careful  and  walk  with  bated 
breath.  When  the  gathering  comes  together  in  the  after- 
noon, we  may  see  the  whole  thing  either  enhanced  or 
lowered.  During  the  intermission,  at  dinner,  or  fasting,  or 
whatever  engaged  in,  let  us  hold  steady  before  God,  and 
every  heart  that  has  the  least  suggestion  that  you  are  not 
where  God  wants  you,  don't  fail  to  get  there  the  very 
second  God  shows  you  the  way. 

We  are  going  out  from  here  this  morning  with  a 
widening,  deepenmg  and  strengthening  experience,  or  else 
we  go  with  a  narrowed  experience.  We  have  seen  our 
poorest  day,  or  our  best  day.  If  we  are  filled  with  the 
Spirit  and  awake  to  the  full  meaning  of  this  hour,  this  is  the 
poorest  day  we  will  ever  have,  and  we  are  at  the  smallest 
end  of  our  experience.  If  there  is  a  hesitation  on  our  part, 
we  are  seeing  the  best  day  we  may  ever  expect.  God 
does  not  give  us  light  to  play  with.  He  wants  us  to  go 
forward  in  His  cause  with  the  swing  of  victory,  and  with 
the  tread  of  a  conqueror.  (''Amen!") 

Brother,  if  you  have  been  betrayed  into  coming  here 
merely  to  look  on,  I  say  to  you,  look  out.  It  is  an  awful 
peril,  let  me  repeat  it,  if  a  heart  here  has  not  been  in 
sympathy  with  this  thing. 

O,  what  a  revelation  God  gives  my  soul !  How  my 
affections  go  out  to  God!  (''Amen!"  "Glory!"  "Hallelu- 
jah!") 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 
2  :oo  p.  m.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  presiding. 
Singing  by  congregation:  ''Power  Divine,"  "J^sus 
Has  Lifted  my  Load,"  and  "Love  Everlasting." 

Sister  Amanda  Smith,  upon  request,  came  to  the  plat- 


form  and  described  how  she  had  been  inspired  to  write 
four  additional  verses  to  the  song  "He  Rolled  the  Sea 
Away/'  which  original  adaptation  she  sang  before  the 
Assembly. 

Song  by  Sister  Aura  Smith :  "I  cannot  Tell  Why." 

Bro.  C.  W.  Ruth  took  charge  of  the  collections,  and 
made  a  special  plea  to  the  A.ssembly. 

Prayer,  led  by  Sister  Kent  White :  "O  God,  our  Fath- 
er, we  praise  Thee  for  the  Pentecost  Thou  hast  been  giv- 
ing us  all  day.  We  ask,  while  the  saints  are  getting  blessed 
and  unified,  that  the  unsaved  may  be  converted  and  be- 
lievers sanctified  in  this  meeting.  May  it  be  a  "red-let- 
ter" day  in  somebody's  life.  May  many  plunge  into  the 
fountain  and  be  made  whiter  than  snow.  May  Thy  serv- 
ant's lips  be  touched  with  a  live  coal  from  of?  Thine  altar. 

We  pray  that  the  Holy  Ghost  may  abide  in  this  place 
in  mighty  power.  We  ask  Thee,  Holy  Spirit,  to  have  the 
right  of  way  here,  and  may  all  of  our  plans  not  in  the 
lyord  be  smashed  up,  and,  as  we  leave  this  place,  may  we 
be  able  to  look  back  and  feel,  indeed,  that  we  have  been 
in  Thine  upper  room.  We  know  Thou  art  present  with 
us,  and  we  would  ask  Thee  to  show  us  the  particular  niche 
we  are  to  fill,  and  help  us  to  fill  it.  We  ask  it  in  Jesus' 
name.  Amen." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  A.  L.  WHITCOMB. 
Text:    "The  arrows  are  beyond  thee."    (i  Samuel  20-22.) 

About  2,900  years  ago,  two  armies  faced  each  other 
in  the  Valley  of  Elah  in  South-western  Palestine.  The 
issues  of  the  contest  were  to  be  settled  in  single  combat 
by  the  representatives  of  the  contending  armies.  David, 
.the  shepherd  lad  from  Bethlehem,  met  Goliath,  the  Giant 
of  Gath,  smote  him  with  a  sling-stone  and  cut  off  his  head 
with  his  own  sword.  On  the  return  of  the  armies  to 
Gibeon,  the  daughters  of  Israel  came  out  to  meet  them 


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with  tabrets  and  songs.  They  sang,  *'Saul  hath  slain  his 
thousands  and  David  his  ten  thousands."  Immediately, 
Saul  was  jealous  and  cried  what  more  could  they  do  than 
to  give  him  the  kingdom.  From  that  time  forth,  he  looked 
upon  David  with  an  evil  eye  and  sought  to  slay  him. 
Thrice,  he  attempted  to  smite  him  to  the  wall  with  his 
javelin,  but  as  often,  David  fled  out  of  his  presence,  finally 
fleeing  to  Raamah,  the  home  of  Samuel.  Saul  pursued 
him  thither,  and  David  returned  to  Gibeon  and  met  Jona- 
than in  the  open  field,  according  to  appointment.  He  in- 
quired :  **What  have  I  done  that  your  father  seeks  to  slay 
me  ?  If  I  am  guilty  of  any.  crime,  slay  me  with  your  own 
hand."  Jonathan  replied :  "My  father  will  do  nothing 
either  great  or  small,  but  that  he  will  shew  it  me."  David 
replied :  "Your  father  knoweth  that  I  have  found  favor  in 
thine  eyes,  so  he  has  said  to  the  }'Oung  men,  'Tell  it  not  to 
Jonathan,'  but  truly  as  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  there  is  but  a  step  between  me  and  death."  Jona- 
than then  made  an  oath  to  David  and  said  to  him :  "Go  to 
your  father's  house  and  return  in  three  days.  Mean- 
while, I  will  prove  my  father,  and,  on  the  third  day  come 
and  hide  in  the  field  behind  a  rock  that  I  will  show  thee, 
and  I  will  come  out  with  my  artillery  and  a  lad.  When 
I  shoot  an  arrow,  if  I  say:  'Behold  the  arrows  are  this 
side  of  thee,'  come,  for  no  evil  is  intended  you ;  but,  if  T 
say :  'Behold  the  arrows  are  beyond  thee,'  depart,  for  the 
Lord  hath  sent  thee  away."  "Behold  the  arrows  are  be- 
yond thee,"  to  David  meant  flight.  Arrows  suggest  flight, 
circuit,  life,  character.  Arrow  heads  were  formerly  made 
of  Beryl,  often  called  "Arrow  Stones."  In  the  vision  of 
Daniel,  the  body  of  the  person  who  came  before  the  An- 
cient of  days,  was  like  unto  beryl;  and  we  should  remem- 
ber that  as  the  miaterial  body  veils  the  character  liore,  in 
the  celestial  world  the  character  pervades,  inswathes  and 


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covers  the  spiritual  body,  as  in  the  body  of  Christ  on 
the  Mount  of  Transfiguration.  Again,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  stones  in  the  breast-plate  of  the  Jewish  high 
priest  was  beryl.  That  breast-plate  typifies  Christ's  right- 
eousness, and  is  spoken  of  by  Paul  as  the  "Breast-plate 
of  Righteousness."  Man's  righteousness  is  all  from  God. 
In  the  beginning,  God  said :  "Let  us  make  man  in  our 
image,"  that  is,  in  righteousness  and  true  holiness.  Hence, 
Paul,  in  Ephesians,  says :  Let  us  put  off  the  old  man  (the 
first  Adam — the  carnal),  and  let  us  put  on  the  new  man 
(the  second  Adam,)  which,  after  God,  that  is,  like  God,  is 
created  in  righteousness  and  true  holiness.  Accordingly, 
the  spiritual  putting  of  the  text  is :  Righteousness  and 
true  holiness  including  all  spiritual  treasures,  are  beyond 
thee, 

L  Righteousness  and  true  holiness  are  beyond  and 
o  .it  of  us  naturally.  God's  method  of  salvation  is  revealed 
in  the  gospel.  For  this  reason,  Paul  was  not  ashamed 
of  the  gospel  of  Christ.  Men  often  substitute  other  meth- 
ods. These  substitutes  are  usually  of  two  classes :  Ritual- 
ism and  naturalism.  The  former  rests  in  a  form  of  godli- 
ness ;  the  latter  in  something  called  nature.  This  natural- 
ism divides  into  two  branches.  One  denies  the  superna- 
tural in  toto ;  the  other  admits  the  operation  of  the  superr- 
natural  in  the  beginning  of  the  saving  process,  after  which 
the  chief  part  of  the  work  is  to  be  done  by  self  effort,  by 
works  of  righteousness.  According  to  this  method  a  sin- 
ner is  expected  to  do  what  he  can  to  build  up  a  manly 
character  and  then  trust  death,  or  something  else  to  do  the 
rest,  either  just  before,  or,  somehow,  just  after  death.  Of 
all  false  doctrines  this  is  the  most  dangerous,  because  it 
wears  sheep's  clothing.  It  begins  with  the  gospel,  but 
ends  in  a  false  Gospel.  Those  who  adopt  this  scheme  de- 
scend quickly  to  the  position  of  the  naturalist  who  sees 


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no  need  of  supernaturalism  in  the  way  to  heaven, — it  there 
is  a  heaven,  which  he  may  doubt.  This  naturaHsm  was 
the  creed  of  the  church  when  Methodism  began  to  pro- 
claim to  a  dead  church  and  an  infidel  world  the  forgotten 
Gospel  of  a  supernatural  life,  by  the  Holy  Ghost  over- 
shadowing the  soul,  producing  successively  conviction  of 
sin,  justification  and  entire  sanctification,  and  imparting 
the  divine  evidence  and  conviction  of  the  same  to  the  soul 
of  the  believer.  This  is  God's  method  of  salvation,  as  un- 
folded by  Christ  and  His  apostles.  Christ  exposed  the 
falseness  of  His  time  and  ours  in  the  pungent  question : 
''Do  men  gather  grapes  of  thorns,  or  figs  of  thistles  ?"  and 
by  the  declaration :  "A  corrupt  tree  bringeth  forth  evil 
fruit."  Cultivate  it  as  you  may,  its  fruit  is  evil.  Make  the 
tree  good,  and  thus  its  fruit  will  be  good,  was  Christ's 
plan.  The  Scripture  declares  "The  whole  head  is  sick  and 
the  whole  heart  faint.  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto 
the  head  there  is  no  soundness  in  it."  And  David  exclaims : 
"Behold  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity :  and  in  sin  did  my 
mother  conceive  me."  "For,  though  thou  wash  thee  with 
nitre,  and  take  thee  much  soap,  yet  thine  iniquity  is  marked 
before  me,  saith  the  Lord  God."  And  Job  says :  "If  I 
wash  myself  with  snow  water,  and  make  my  hands  never 
so  clean,  yet  shalt  thou  plunge  me  in  the  ditch,  and  mine 
own  clothes  shall  abhor  me." 

If  man  were  in  harmony  with  God  and  His  law,  lu 
would  be  at  his  best,  for  God's  law  is  the  simplest  state- 
ment of  the  condition  of  best  existence.  (Cries  of  Amen  I) 
But  man  is  far  from  his  best  for  even  the  "whole  creation 
groaneth  and  travaileth  in  pain  together  until  now." 
Hence,  man's  fallen  state  is  evidenced  first,  by  the  abnor- 
mal condition  of  nature.  Earthquakes,  tempests,  weeds, 
thistles,  scorpion  fangs,  wild  beasts'  venom, — all  declare 
the  same  tale  that  man  has  fallen.  Secondly,  it  is  evidenced 


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by  the  abnormal  condition  of  our  earthly  body  in  sickness, 
pain  and  death, — man's  own  body  striving  to  throw  off  a 
fallen  lord.  Thirdly,  evidenced  by  the  sinful  condition  Oi 
the  world.  There  are  one  thousand  million  heathen  on 
earth  to-day,  most  of  whom  know  nothing  of  the  wisdom 
and  power  of  the  gospel ;  two  hundred  millions  of  Moham- 
medans, enslaved  b}^  their  harems,  slave  traffic,  and  belief 
in  iron  fate  ;  one  hundred  and  fifty  millions  of  Protestants, 
and  according  to  the  estimate  of  the  most  liberal  jud^'e^, 
not  more  than  one  million  of  these  know  anythino-  about 
the  power  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  ("God  Help  us  !") 
Fourth — evidenced  by  man's  efforts  to  reconcile  deity 
to  himself,  as  seen  in  the  sacrifice  of  all  nations.  But 
human  religions  cannot  save  man  from  the  mire  of  sin. 
Even  Socrates,  the  best  of  the  Greeks  confessed  himsell" 
^guilty  of  the  worst  of  vices.  What  the  depths  exclaim 
concerning  wisdom,  man  must  admit  concerning  holiness : 
"It  is  not  in  me,"  and,  when  honest,  will  cry  out  with  St. 
Paul :  "O  wretched  man  that  I  am !  Who  shall  deliver  nu 
from  the  body  of  this  death?    Yet  such 

"Men  homage  pay  to  men 

Thoughtless  beneath  whose  dreadful  age  they  bow, 
In  mutual  awe  profound  of  clay  to  clay, 
Of  guilt  to  guilt;  and  turn  their  back  on  Thee, 
Great  Sire !  whom  thrones  celestial  ceaseless  sing 
To  prostrate  angels,  an  amazing  scene!" 

II.  All  spiritual  and  god-like  character  is  beyond  us ; 
that  is,  above  us  as  the  celestial  is  above  the  earthlv  an  1 
the  supernatural  is  above  the  natural.  Christ  said  to  Nico  ■ 
demus :  "Ye  must  be  born  again"  to  enter  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven.  His  lack  was  not  in  culture,  not  in  education, 
for  he  was  thoroughly  trained.  It  was  not  in  disobediencv} 
to  church  laws,  for  he  was  a  ruler  among  his  people.  Btit 
he  was  dead  spiritually  and  must  needs  become  a  new 
creature. 


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Druinmond  has  said :  "Tlic  kingdoms  of  this  world 
are  all  hermetically  sealed  to  each  other  on  the  lower 
side."  A  rock  cannot  become  a  tree  by  its  own  power,  but 
the  roots  of  the  tree  may  take  up  the  substance  of  th^. 
rock,  and,  by  their  own  process  of  assimilation  change  thi 
mineral  to  vegetable.  A  tree  cannot  become  an  ox,  by 
its  own  power,  but  the  ox  mav  feed  upon  the  grass  and 
the  leaves,  and  by  its  own  process  of  digestion  and  as- 
similation change  green  grass  and  oak  leaves  to  red  ox 
flesh.  So,  natural  man  cannot  become  godlike  by  his  own 
power.  He  must  be  born  from  above.  When  the  disciples 
inquired,  ''Who  then  can  be  saved?"  Jesus  replied,  "With 
man  it  is  impossible,  but  with  God,  all  things  are  possi- 
ble." None  who  trust  in  anything  earthly  (failing  to  open 
their  hearts  and  thus  commit  their  case  into  God's  hands,) 
can  be  saved,  no  matter  what  that  earthly  thing  trusted 
in  may  be,  whether  heal  wealth,  morality,  good  works, 
benevolence  self-sacrifice  orpharisaical  strictness.  ("Amen.") 
Yea,  they  may  do  many  mighty  works,  cast  out  devils, 
even  give  their  bodies  to  be  burned  and  their  goods  to 
feed  the  poor,  and  yet  be  lost,  but  when  we  turn  to  Jesus 
Christ  by  penitence  and  faith,  the  supernatural  comes  to 
us,  and  we  are  lifted  up  into  the  heavenly  kingdom.  "Foi 
as  many  as  received  Him,  to  them  gave  He  power  to  be- 
come the  sons  of  God,'  even  to  them  that  believe  on  His 
name." 

In  every  church  there  are  two  classes..  The  first  class 
might  be  called  Ishmaelites.  Their  origin  is  natural ;  <heir 
life  is  "of  the  earth,  earthly,"  and  their  hopes  partake  of  a 
worldly  cast.  The  second  class  might  be  called  Isaacs. 
They  are  children  of  promise,  born  not  by  natural  genera- 
tion, but  by  supernatural  power.  Their  life  is  spiritual. 
Their  hopes  are  heavenly.  Paste  gems  may  look  like  true 
gems,  hence  our  only  safety  lies  in  the  sealing  of  the 


W.  B.  GODBEY, 
Perryville,  Ky. 


JOHN  M.  PIKE, 
Atlanta,  Ga. 


WM.  A.  F.  ARMOUR, 
Oakland,  Calif. 


MRS.  WM.  A.  F.  ARMOUR, 
Oakland,  Calif. 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


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Holy  Ghost.  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go  through  a 
needle's  .eye,  than  for  a  man  to  enter  the  Kingdom  of 
God  by  his  own  efforts.  But  what  is  impossible  with 
man  is  possible  with  God.  No  matter  what  you  are,  or 
where,  by  faith  and  repentance  make  connection  with  God, 
and  God  will  stream  his  life  through  and  through  you. 
("Amen!"  "Glory!") 

There  is  something,  we  admit,  in  cultivation,  in  de- 
velopment; in  bringing  out  the  inherent  qualities  in  a 
thing,  itself,  but  this  is*  not  all.  There  must  be  the  incom- 
ing of  a  new  life  to  bring  about  his  regeneration.  There 
is  a  truth  here  in  regard  to  experimental  rehgion  which 
is  lost  sight  of  by  many,  and  that  is,  that  cultivation  and 
refinement  can  only  develop  the  inherent  qualities  already 
in  the  creature.  ("Amen !")  This  is  the  real  firing  line  be- 
tween the  world  and  true  religion  to-day.  The  doctrine  of 
evolution  is  largely  being  preached.  Men  do  not  say,  "I  re- 
pudiate your  religion;  I  am  a  skeptic,  I  am  a  deist,  or  a 
naturalist,"  but  they  preach  that  all  that  is  required  to 
bring  man  up  to  his  highest  condition  is  simply  that 
which  comes  from  education  and  culture,  or  the  develop- 
ment of  that  which  is  already  inherent  in  him.  They  say 
educate,  cultivate,  develop,  and  thus  you  will  bring  man 
up  to  his  highest  attainment.  Well,  educate,  cultivate 
and  you  will  bring  out  all  that  is  inherent  in  him.  And 
what  have  you  ?  A  gentleman,  a  scholar,  a  polished  man, 
it  may  be.  But  you  have  the  man  with  all  the  good  nat- 
ural qualities  and  all  his  evil  ones  besides.  You  have 
added  nothing;  you  have  extracted  nothing.  You  can 
make  a  "whited  sepulcher,"  but  you  cannot  make  a  saint 
by  this  process.  ("Amen !")  The  savages  in  the  heart  of 
Ethiopia  do  not  know  by  any  means  how  to  be  as  wicked 
as  we  Americans.  "Why?"  you  ask.  Because  they  have 
not  gone  through  the  process  of  developing  all  that  is  in 


I8d 


ECHOES  OF  THE  (SEXERAL 


them.  There  are  deeper  crimes  and  far  more  damning 
sins  in  enlightened  America  to-day  than  in  Africa.  Read 
the  records  of  your  daily  press,  and  compare  them  with 
all  the  wickedness  of  the  savages  if  they  do  eat  a  man 
occasionally !    We  dispose  of  him  if  we  don't  eat  him. 

If  ever  a  man  is  brought  from  this  lower  and  sinful 
condition,  .he  must  be  born  from  above,  for  ''that  which 
is  born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh."  Cultivate  it  as  you  please,  it 
is  but  flesh  at  last,  and  "that  which  is  born  of  the  Spirit 
is  spirit."  "Marvel  not  that  I  say  unto  you,  ye  must  be 
born  again."  What  is  it  to  be  born  again?  It  is  the 
incoming  of  a  new,  divine  life  at  the  very  beginning  of 
the  change  from  a  creature  to  a  son  of  God. 

Salvation  by  Jesus  Christ  is  supernatural.  We  may 
pride  ourselves  as  we  will  on  cultivation,  education  and 
evolution,  but,  after  all,  we  have  an  impassable  gulf  to 
bridge  between  the  natural  and  the  supernatural.  Evolve 
as  you  please,  and  you  are  still  on  the  under  side  of 
that.  gulf.  But  be  born  from  above,  and  everlasting  joy 
will  strike  you,  and  you  will  come  up  from  the  dead  level 
of  the  natural,  the  earthly  and  sensual,  to  the  high  plane 
of  the  supernatural,  the  spiritual  and  the  God-like. 
("Amen."  "Glory !") 

III.  "The  arrows  are  beyond  thee,"  in  that  the  rich- 
est spiritual  treasures  are  foimd  by  pressing  toward  the 
mark  of  the  highest  Scriptural  perfection,  and  all  is  lost 
by  resting  in  any  attainment,  no  matter  how  high.  Hence, 
Paul  exclaims :  "Therefore  leaving  the  principles  of  the 
doctrine  of  Christ,  let  us  go  on  unto  perfection ;  not  lay- 
ing again  the  foundation  of  repentance  from  dead  works 
and  of  faith  toward  God." 

With  Israel  at  Kadesh-barnea,  it  was  advance  or  de- 
feat and  death.  With  Israel  in  Canaan,  it  was  possession 
of  the  land  or  captivity  in  Babylon.  With  the  human  body. 


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187 


it  is  growth  or  death.  Where  growth  ceases,  death  al- 
ways begins.  This  is  true  spiritually.  (''Amen.")  Vege- 
tables grow  to. a  climax  and  then  decline.  The  earth  moves 
out  to  its  farthest  arc  from  the  sun,  then  wheels  back  to 
its  perihelion.  All  natural  strength  rises,  matures  and  de- 
cHnes ;  but  spiritual  strength  will  ever  increase  if  normal. 
("Amen.")  "They  go  from  strength  to  strength;  every 
one  of  them  in  Zion  appeareth  before  God."  "The  path  of 
the  just  is  as  the  shining  light  that  shineth  more  and  more 
unto  the  perfect  day."  "But  we  all  with  open  face  be- 
holding as  in  a  glass  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  are  changed 
into  the  same  image,  from  glory  to  glory,  even  as  by  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord." 

When  a  boy  in  Northern  Michigan,  I  used  often  to 
visit  the  blast  furnaces.  With  interest,  I  watched  the  work- 
men as  they  dumped  common  brown  colored  ore,  with 
charcoal  and  a  little  lime  into  the  furnace.  A  little  later, 
I  would  go  down  into  the  blasting  room.  The  workmen 
would  open  up  a  small  place  at  the  lower  part  of  the 
furnace,  and  out  flowed  a  red-hot  liquid  iron,  filling  all 
the  gutters.  Thus,  the  crude  brown  stone  ore,  through  fire 
was  brought  up  to  a  condition  of  wrought  iron,  in  which 
shape  it  is  of  great  value  to  mankind,  whereas,  in  its  lower 
state  it  is  comparatively,  if  not  altogether  useless.  I  un- 
derstand that  this  same  wrought  iron  may  be  put  into  a 
furnace  where  the  fire  is  heated  seven  times  hotter  than 
in  the  former  case  and  the  moulds  will  be  filled,  not  with 
wrought  iron,  but  with  steel.  In  its  changed,  or  trans- 
formed state,  it  is  so  wonderful  in  comparison  with  crude 
ore  that  it  seems  entirely  like  another  substance.  You 
can  polish  it  until  it  will  reflect  your  image.  You  may 
turn  it  into  elastic  watch-springs  or  the  finest  cambric 
needles.  This  double  process  of  transformation  clearly 
illustrates  the  divine  plan  of  salvation.  Hence,  the  apostle 


188 


ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


declares  that  we  are  saved  by  the  washing  of  regenera- 
tion and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost, — a  baptism  of 
water  and  a  baptism  of  fire.  The  baptism  of  water  is 
not  simply  actual  water  (which  is  a  figure),  but  it  is  the 
washing  of  regeneration,  or  the  washing  by  the  water  of 
the  word.  But  there  is  another  baptism.  John  says : 
"He  shall  baptize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with  fire." 
Hence  we  often  sing: 

"Refining  fire  go  through  my  heart, 
Illuminate  my  soul, 
Scatter  thy  life  through  every  part, 
And  sanctify  the  whole." 

We  have  now  scaled  tw^o  mountain  ranges — Res^en- 
eration  and  Entire  Sanctification.  You  ask  is  there  no 
more  beyond  ?  He  who  stands  at  the  base  of  the  first 
range  may  imagine  that  there  is  nothing  beyond  his  own 
vision,  but  let  him  reach  its  summit  and  peak  beyond  peak 
looms  up  before  him.  From  the  summit  of  Regeneration 
we  behold  the  higher  range  called  Entire  Sanctification. 
From  that  peak,  we  behold  mountains  piled  on  mountains ! 

It  is  said  that  Jesus  took  three  of  His  disciples  and 
ascended  into  an  exceeding  high  mountain  and  that  He 
was  transfigured  before  them,  and  His  face  shone  as  the 
sun,  and  His  garments  were  white  and  gHstening,.whiter 
than  any  fuller  could  make  them.  Is  not  this  a  type  of 
the  ideal  character  for  which  the  ardent  Christian  soul 
aspires  when  he  sings  : 

"Changed  from  glory  unto  glory, 

Till  in  heaven  we  take  our  place; 
Till  we  cast  our  crown  before  Thee, 

Lost  in  wonder,  love  and  praise." 

IV.  "The  arrows  are  beyond  thee."  In  that  final  con- 
summation lies  beyond.  This  world  is  not  our  home.  We 
seek  a  better  country.    "He  builds  too  low  who  builds 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


m 


beneath  the  stars,"  is  not  only  poetical,  but  true.  Hence, 
PauFs  exhortation :  "Set  your  affections  on  things  above," 
and  Christ's  command,  "Lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures 
in  heaven."  This  is  but  our  training  school.  We  ought 
to  submit  to  the  discipline,  and  endure  as  seeing  the  in- 
visible that  awaits  us ;  for  God  designs  making  kings  and 
priests  of  us  to  reign  hereafter.  We  should  submit  to 
being  perfected  even  through  suffering.  ("Amen.")  We 
should  labor,  suffer  and  overcome,  for  these  light  afflic- 
tions are  but  for  a  moment,  and  work  out  for  us  a  far 
more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory. 

A  locomotive  is  not  built  to  rust  out  in  the  work 
shop,  but  to  thunder  o'er  the  plain  carrying  its  wealth 
of  human  life  and  blessings  to  thousands.  So  the  human 
soul,  valued  above  worlds,  was  not  built  to  grovel  here 
and  cease  to  live  at  the  close  of  this  life,  but  to  take  on 
wisdom,  power  and  spiritual  capacities  utterly  incompre- 
hensible. 

John  Angell  James  has  well  said :  "Our  notions  are 
the  opinions  of  children;  our  discourses  are  the  lispings  of 
children.  The  prodigious  attainments  of  Bacon,  Locke  and 
Newton  are  but  the  productions  of  children,  written  for  the 
instruction  of  others  less  taught  than  themselves."  Rich- 
ard Baxter  has  said:  "The  more  perfect  the  sight,  the 
more  delightful  the  object.  The  more  perfect  the  appetite, 
the  sweeter  the  food.  The  more  musical  the  ear,  the  more 
prefect  the  melody,  and  the  more  perfect  the  soul  the 
more  joyous  those  joys,  and  the  more  glorious  that  glory." 
"We  have  latent  powers,"  says  Dr.  Price,  "which  it  may  be 
the  business  of  eternity  to  evolve." 

There  will  come  a  time  in  the'  distant  future  when  the 
least  zealous  disciple  will  overtake  the  zeal  of  the  burn 
ing  Paul,  and  the  poorest  singer  will  sing  sweeter  than  the 
sweetest  archangel  that  burns  beneath  the  throne ! 


190 


ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


We  find  water  in  various  conditions.  First,  as  cold 
water,  which  fairly  represents  the  state  of  many  in  the 
Christian  church  to-day.  Then  we  have  water  at  boiling 
temperature, — a  good  illustration  of  the  fervent  love  of 
the  regenerate  child  of  God.  Later,  under  greater  heat, 
water  may  be  raised  to  steam, — dynamic  force, — a  fair 
illustration  of  the  sanctified  soul  under  the  baptism  and 
power  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  I  understand  this  same  steam 
can  be  raised  to  a  condition  called  super-heated  steam. 
We  have  no  boiler  to-day  that  would  endure  the  pressure 
of  super-heated  steam.  So,  "It  doth  not  yet  appear  what 
we  shall  be,  but  we  know  that  when  He  shall  appear,  wo 
shall  be  like  Him,  for  we  shall  see  Him  as  He  is." 

During  the  Fourteenth  Century,  Spanish  coins  had 
the  Pillar  of  Hercules  upon  one  side  and  the  motto  "Ne 
Plus  Ultra"  upon  the  other.  The  latter  part  of  the  cen- 
tury a  faithful  sailor  struck  out  the  "Ne,"  leaving  it  "Plus 
Ultra,"  (More  Beyond),  and  boldly  sailed  westward  into 
the  Atlantic.  After  a  time,  the  sailors  mutinied  and  threat- 
ened to  throw  Columbus  overboard  and  return  to  their 
home,  but  Columbus  prevailed  upon  them  to  continue  for 
a  few  days.  On  the  morning  of  the  third  day,  branches 
with  fruit  floated  by  upon  the  waters.  Land  birds  ap- 
peared in  the  rigging,  and  the  perfume  of  flowers  scented 
the  air.  They  shouted,  "Land  ahead!"  So,  I  exclaim. 
There  is  land  ahead !  for  I  have  seen  the  branch  of  heal- 
ing. I  have  heard  the  songsters  in  the  arbor.  I  have 
scented  the  aromatic  atmosphere  by  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  So  we  catch  glimpses  of  eternal  glory  in  Prophecy 
and  in  Apocalypse.  We  have  seen  it  flashed  out  as  a 
city  with  foundations,  a  kingdom,  mansions,  a  better  coun- 
try, an  inheritance,  a  temple.  Its  accidents  have 
flashed  out — no  pain,  no  sickness,  curse,  death  nor  tears, 
for  God  shall  wipe  all  tears  away;  but  life;  transparent 


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191 


seas ;  palaces  of  light ;  thrones  of  fire ;  streets  of  gold ; 
walls  of  jasper ;  gates  of  pearl ;  gates  of  praise ;  walls  of 
salvation ;  cavalcades  of  victory;  led  by  the  King  of  Kings  ; 
songs  of  triumph;  shoutings  and  hallelujahs  like  mighty 
thunderings,  and  like  the  waves  of  the  sea;  angels  and 
archangels,  seraphim  and  cherubim ;  living  creatures ;  the 
Lamb  as  slain;  throne  of  God!  Amen!  Hallelujah! 

Columbus  supposed  he  had  discovered  an  island  in 
front  of  Asia,  nor  did  he  dream  that  in  front  of  him  lay 
two  mighty  continents.  So  the  light  of  revelation  is  not 
the  morning  sun  reflection  of  a  small  spiritual  kingdom ; 
but  the  light  from  the  front  lands  of  a  mighty  continent,  in 
excellence  and  splendor  infinite. 

"Far  from  these  scenes  of  night, 
Unbounded  glories  rise, 
And  realms  of  joy  and  pure  delight, 
Unknown  to  mortal  eyes. 

Fair  land !  could  mortal  eyes 
But  half  thy  charms  explore, 
How  would  our  spirits  long  to  rise. 
And  dwell  on  earth  no  more. 

No  clouds  those  regions  know, 
Realms  ever  bright  and  fair; 
For  sin,  the  source  of  mortal  woe, 
Can  never  enter  there. 

Oh  may  the  prospect  fire 

Our  hearts  with  ardent  love, 

Till  wings  of  faith,  and  strong  desire 

Bear  every  thought  above. 

Prepared,  by  grace  divine, 
For  thy  bright  courts  on  high, 
Lord,  bid  our  spirits  rise  and  join 
The  chorus  of  the  sky." 

Thus,  we  often  sing  and  delight  to  speak  of  heaven 
and  loved  ones  gone  on  before,  of  fathers,  of  mothers  and 
many  other  friends  and  kindred.  But  this  vision  is  not 
to  us,  except  we  obtain  the  character  necessary  to  admis- 


sion  there.  Then  we  can  cry:  "All  hail,  heaven!**  "All 
hail,  father!"  ''All  hail,  mother!"  "All  hail,  loved  ones 
gone  on  before !"  Oh !  brethren,  we  cannot  afford  to  miss 
the  unclouded  vision  of  God's  face,  but  we  should  remem- 
ber that  God  is  not  only  love,  by  His  loved  embrace  de- 
stroying the  body  of  sin,  but  a  consuming  fire,  taking 
vengeance  on  them  that  know  Him  not,  and  obey  not  the 
gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

7:30  P.  M.,  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding.  Prayer,  led  by 

several  in  succession.  Singing,  by  congregation,  "The 
Comforter  has  Come." 

Repeating  of  Scripture  texts,  in  which  about  forty 
took  part  in  rapid  succession.  The  quotations  given  were 
remarkably  appropriate  and  this  exercise  was  very  evi- 
dently in  the  Spirit,  and  used  of  the  Spirit ;  as  evidenced  by 
the  hearty  responses  given  and  the  spiritual  uplift  re- 
sulting. Lack  of  space  only  hinders  us  from  quoting  in 
full. 

Singing,  by  congregation :  "The  Walls  are  falling 
Down,"  and  "The  Sword  of  The  Lord  and  Gideon." 

Prayer,  led  by  Bro.  J.  B.  Eoote :  "O  God,  our  Father, 
let  Thy  clear  light  shine  upon  us ;  let  the  fire  burn  in 
every  heart  in  Thy  presence,  and  we  ask  that  the  light  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  be  distinctly  recognized  by  every  soul  to- 
night. Give  us  spiritual  perception.  We  pray  Thee  that 
we  may  be  well  equipped  for  the  battle  before  us,  and 
that  we  may  not  shrink  from  the  enemy.  We  trust  in 
God  to  conquer  the  enemy,  and  expect  him  to  be  utterly 
routed.  May  we  not  flinch  before  the  foe.  Give  us  under- 
standing minds,  so  as  not  to  be  ignorant  of  his  devices. 
Give  us  clear  heads  and  clean  hearts.  Bless  and  strengthen 
Bro.  Taylor  in  head  and  heart  and  hand,  and  may  Thy 


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word,  as  presented,  perform  its  work  to  the  conversion 
of  sinners,  and  the  sanctification  of  b^Hevers,  and  Thine 
shall  be  all  the  glory,  forever.  Amen." 

Scripture  Reading,  by  Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor,  from  Mat- 
thew 5 :  43-48 ;  Matthew  7 :  6  and  Matthew  6 :  24-27. 

Singing  by  Bro.  and  Sister  Harris :  "He  Came  for 
Me." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  B.  S.  TAYLOR. 
Text :    "For  I  say  unto  you,  That  except  your  righteousness 
shall  exceed  the  righteousness  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye  shall 
in  no  case  enter  into  the  Kingdom  of  heaven."    Matthew  5  :20. 

(Introduction.)  This  text  is  found  in  the  Sermon 
on  the  Mount.  I  like  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount.  I 
believe  in  it.  I  believe  it  is  real,  genuine  Christianity. 
It  is  the  platform  of  Christ.  When  political  parties  meet 
in  convention,  they  proclaim  their  principles  by  a  platform, 
and  each  doctrine  is  called  a  plank.  And,  as  Jesus 
launched  His  Gospel  into  the  world.  He  laid  down  the 
Sermon  on  the  Mount  as  a  platform  of  principles.  There 
are  nineteen  planks  in  this  platform.  It  is  a  kind  of  barb- 
wire  fence,  and  I  am  going  to  pray  the  Lord  that,  as 
we  proceed,  some  of  you  may  get  caught  on  this  barb- 
wire  fence.  ("Amen !")  This  is  not  my  sermon.  It  is  the 
Sermon  on  the  Mount.  It  is  Jesus'  doctrine ;  His  teaching. 
It  was  here  before  I  came.  It  will  be  here  after  I  am 
gone.  I  didn't  steal  this  sermon.  I  found  it  already  here, 
and  I  say :  "Lord,  rub  it  in !"  (Laughter.)  If  any  of 
you  don't  want  it  rubbed  in,  now  is  the  time  to  get  out. 
But  don't  run,— you  may  get  hit  in  the  back !   ("Amen !") 

We  are  not  here  on  dress-parade  or  show.  God  says 
that  His  word  is  sharper  than  a  two-edged  sword.  It 
cuts  you  and  me  when  we  get  hold  of  it.  ("Amen!") 
It  is  a  mighty  poor  sermon  that  doesn't  cut  me  up! 
This  is  a  grand  sermon.   Nobody  has  any  business  to  go 


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away  and  say  they  don't  like  this  sermon.  If  you  do,  I  am 
sorry  for  you.    (''Amen  !") 

The  Pharisees  taught  morahty :  Jesus  preached  hoH- 
ness.  MoraHty  will  keep  you  out  of  jail,  it  will  take  holi- 
ness to  keep  you  out  of  hell.  The  Sermon  on  the  Mount 
teaches  Holiness.  Let  us  see  if  we  can  stand  on  these 
nineteen  planks,  or  pass  these  barb-wures,  without  some 
one  getting  caught  before  we  get  through.  Nineteen 
strands  to  this  wire  fence  around  the  Kingdom  of  God ! 
See  if  we  can  get  through  every  barb-wire,  without  getting 
stuck  somewhere.  It  takes  a  read  good  Christian  to  get 
through.  ("Amen !")  It  is  the  .doctrine  of  this  conven- 
tion. I  suppose  this  Assembly  is  gfoing  to  enunciate  its 
principles.  We  have  already  got  them.  ("Amen !")  We 
cannot  improve  on  this.  We  may  "resolute,"  but  this 
fills  the  bill.  This  convention  believes  in  the  Sermon  on 
the  Mount.    ("Amen !")    It  is  holiness  of  heart  and  life. 

I  am  going  to  present  the  truth  as  the  Holy  Ghost 
shows  it  to  me,  not  as  Bro.  Taylor  applies  it.  I  am  not 
going  to  be  personal  in  the  pulpit.  I  don't  believe  in 
preaching  sermons  to  hit  a  person  or  a  class,  but  I  do 
believe  in  preaching  the  whole  truth,  letting  it  hit  where 
it  will.  ("Amen !")  God  blesses  His  word.  He  has 
blessed  it  for  years.  I  am  going  to  stand  by  it  whether 
men  hear,  or  forbear. 

"And  they,  whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether  they 
will  forbear  (for  they  are  a  rebellious  house)  yet  shall  they 
know  there  hath  been  a  prophet  among  them."  (Ezekiel 
2:5.)    This  was  concerning  the  House  of  Israel. 

Men  ought  to  know  we  have  spoken.  We  ought  not 
to  be  in  town  a  week  without  the  devil,  or  a  hvpocrite,  or 
a  ^Pharisee,  or  a  lost  sinner  knowing  that  we  have  struck 
town.   ("Amen !") 

The  subject  of  the  text  runs  through  the  whole  Ser- 


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mon  on  the  Mount.  It  is  a  series  of  parallels.  It  is  the 
Law,  spiritualized.  It  does  not  destroy  the  Law,  but  by 
grace  fulfils  it.  It  is  the  New  Testament  in  a  nutshell : 
"Blessed  are  ye  when  men  revile  you."    ''Leap  for  joy." 

We  that  jump  for  joy  are  obeying  Christ.  You  have 
no  right  to  criticise.  He  says  "Jump,"  and  I  expect  to 
jump  before  I  get  through.  I  shall,  if  I  feel  like  it. 
("Glory  to  God!") 

This  is  a  holiness  sermon,  preached  to  the  disciples, 
those  that  were  obeying  Him,  hanging  to  Him,  listening  to 
His  words.  He  said :  "Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world. 
A  city  that  is  set  on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid."  Setting  us 
up  on  a  hill,  they  can't  hide  us  with  smoke  or  fog,  or  in 
any  other  sense.    Hear  the  text  again! 

"For  I  say  unto  you,  That  except  your  righteousness 
shall  exceed  the  righteousness  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees, 
ye  shall  in  no  case  enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  There 
are  multitudes  of  people  who  call  themselves  Christians, 
but  there  are  really  very  few  Christians.  There  are  just 
a  few  sanctified  Christians.  Wesley  says  no  man  has  a 
right  to  be  called  a  Christian,  until  cleansed  from  all 
sin.  The  disciples  were  not  Christians,  until  they  had 
Pentecost.  "Christo"  means  to  anoint.  To  be  a  Chris- 
tian means  to  be  anointed  by  the  Spirit.  No  one  can 
measure  up  to  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  without  being 
anointed  w^ith  the  Holy  Ghost.  This  passage-way  seems 
too  high,  too  sharp,  too  deep,  too  narrow,  altogether  to 
be  filled  by  sinner,  by  philosopher,  by  Pharisee,  by  a  self- 
righteous  man,  moral  man  or  even  any  disciples  of  Jesus 
Christ  not  yet  baptized  by  the  Holy  Ghost.  Now  who 
does  measure  up  to  this?  Who  are  the  holy  people? 
Who  are  the  real  Christians  ?  The  Sermon  on  the  Mount 
is  a  holiness  sermon. 

Let  us  go  down  in  prayer  at  any  point  where  we 


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do  not  measure  up  to  any  plank  in  the  Sermon  on  the 
Mount.  People  say  we  are  cranks.  Well  Brother  we  are 
standing  here  for  primitive  Christianity.  (''Amen !")  We 
are  standing  on  these  nineteen  planks,  and  living  it,  which 
is  the  best  light  God  has  given  to  man.  I  have  had 
men  come  and  say  no  mortal  man  could  live  up  to  this 
standard.  I  didn't  say  they  could.  But  get  baptized 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  you  can.  Jesus  announced 
the  divine  principle  of  inward  heart  purity.  I  am  not 
ashamed  of  heart  hohness.  ("Amen!")  This  reference 
to  purity  in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount  is  not  "morality." 
It  is  heart  purity.  No  man  can  be  pure  in  heart,  ex- 
cept through  the  cleansing  of  the  blood  and  baptism 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Morality  admits  you  to  good  society 
on  earth;  Holiness  admits  you  to  heaven.  Jesus  says: 
"Love  your  enemies ;  pray  for  them  that  persecute  you 
and  hate  you.  So  shall  ye  be  perfect."  No  one  is  a  Chris- 
tian that  does  not  love  his  enemies. 

That  is  Christian  perfection.  That  is  what  this  con- 
vention is  teaching.  Jesus  draws  a  parallel  to  compare 
his  teaching  with  the  Pharisees'  doctrines.  They  taught 
some  good  doctrine.  They  were  not  altogether  wrong. 
He  said  they  professed,  but  didn't  possess.  He  said  they 
were  fair  outwardly,  and  their  inward  part  full  of  deceit- 
fulness  and  sin, — full  of  all  manner  of  evil,  like  a  white- 
washed sepulcher !  He  denounces  them  as  hypocrites  and 
vain  deceivers  to  be  calling  God  "Abba!  Father!"  and 
do  not  the  things  I  command  you.  Morality  is  no  sub- 
stitue  for  Holiness.  Every  holiness  man  is  a  moral  man, 
but  no  moral  man  is  holy,  until  grace  sanctifies  him. 
Jesus  gathered  His  disciples  together  and  taught  them 
the  nine  Blesseds  saying :  "Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit," 
and  so  on.  He  carefully  draws  the  line  of  distinction  be- 
tween outward  morality  and  inward  purity  of  heart.  He 


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takes  up  the  ten  commandments :  "Ye  have  heard  that 
it  hath  been  said  by  them  of  old  time  thou  shalt  not 
kill."  But  I  say  unto  you  whosoever  is  angry  with  his 
brother  is  a  murderer. 

This  platform  of  nineteen  planks  is  exactly  the  same 
as  the  United  States  or  Illinois  Statutes  or  the  Com- 
mon Law  platform.  That  is  only  an  outward  standard. 
Men  cannot  read  your  hearts,  your  emotions,  and  inten- 
tions, or  your  ambitions.  They  can  only  read  the  out- 
side and  judge  you.  God  looketh  on  the  heart — the  mo- 
tives. 

Let  us  look  at  Plank  No.  i.  Jesus  said:  "Who- 
soever is  angry  with  his  brother  shall  be  in  danger  of 
the  judgment:  and  whosoever  shall  say  to  his  brother, 
Raca !  shall  be  in  danger  of  the  council :  but  whosoever 
shall  say,  Thou  fool !  shall  be  in  danger  of  hell  fire." 
Angry  terms  expressing  hate  in  the  heart.  "Agree  with 
thine  adversary  quickly  while  thou  art  in  the  way  with 
him," — be  reconciled  to  your  brother.  All  common  law 
recognizes  that  we  should  not  take  life.  The  Bible  lays 
it  down:  "That  whosoever  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by, man 
his  blood  shall  be  shed."  Our  common  laws  require  the 
fact  of  the  killing,  merely,  the  "Corpus  Delecti."  The 
body  of  the  victim  is  laying  around  somewhere;  that  has 
to  be  recovered.  But  Jesus  teaches  that  whosoever  has 
murder  in  his  heart,  and  wishes  he  dared  to  carry  out 
that  purpose,  is  guilty  of  murder,  in  motive,  in  the  sight 
of  God.  A  man  may  lie  in  wait  and  the  gun  don't  go 
off,  or  the  victim  goes  by  another  way.  That  man  is 
a  murderer  according  to  Christ,  although  he  may  never 
be  caught  or  hung.  The  record  on  high  has  him  en- 
tered as  a  murderer.  In  this  plank  Jesus  teaches  holi- 
ness of  heart. 

This  rankling,  this  anger  in  the  heart,  if  allowed  to 


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grow,  causes  murder,  insanity ;  and  the  lunatic  asylum 
finally,  if  not  saved  and  sanctified  out  of  a  man.  Noth- 
ing took  it  out  of  me,  except  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
You  get  up  with  an  attack  of  "spells,"  and  get  into  a 
rebellion  with  your  collar  button,  as  many  a  minister  does. 
His  wife  said:  '*It  was  a  spell."  He  has  some  gun- 
cotton  in  his  heart  that  shoots  off,  when  some  little  thing 
comes  up  to  jar  him.  At  ii  o'clock  he  is  in  the  pulpit. 
He  doesn't  feel  just  exactly  right  in  his  heart.  He  gets 
down  to  pray:  ''O,  God !  Forgive  us  for  all  the  mani- 
fold sins  which  we  have  so  grievously  committed  in 
thought,  word  and  deed.  Have  mercy  upon  us !"  And 
then  that  collar  button  looms  up  like  a  new  moon. 
(Laughter.)  There  are  many  preachers  that  a  collar  but- 
ton will  dov/n,  that  have  spells  of  '^mholy  anger !" 

In  Mark  IX  Jesus  met  a  child,  who  was  possessed  of  a 
dumb  devil,  and  often  cast  into  the  fire  to  destroy  him.  In 
those  days  He  purged  the  hearts  of  children  who  had 
spells  on  the  floor  before  they  were  six  months  old.  He 
called  it  a  ''dumb  devil,"  inbred  anger.  You  can't  grow 
out  of  these  spells.  You  send  your  children  to  Sunday 
School,  and  they  have  spells.  They  get  married  and  have 
spells.  They  grow  old  and  have  spells, — they  have  spells 
in  the  presence  of  their  grandchildren !  Nothing  but 
the  blood  of  Jesus  will  take  them  out.  ("Amen!") 

Plank  No.  2.  Again,  he  takes  up  the  ninth  com- 
mandment "Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery."  The  Phari- 
sees taught,  there  is  no  adultery  until  the  act  is  com- 
mitted. But  Jesus  says  "Whosoever  looketh  on  a  woman 
to  lust  after  her  hath  committed  adultery  with  her  already 
in  his  heart." 

The  rake  that  plots  to  seduce ;  the  young  scoundrel 
that  seeks  to  destroy  the  fair,  sweet  chastity  of  your  daugh- 
ter, may  not  succeed  in  his  nefarious  devilment,  but  the 


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lust  in  his  heart  condemns  him  already  before  Almighty 
God.  He  needs  a  clean  heart,  or  He  will  never  see  God. 
I  don't  apologize  for  taking  up  this  subject.  There  are 
more  whore-mongers  and  pimps  than  ever  before,  and  this 
country  is  rotten  to  the  core  with  licentiousness.  You 
say :  "Tut,  tut !  Don't  talk  this  way."  Well,  Brother, 
we  have  it  in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount.  Jesus  talked 
this  way.  Some  people  get  very  mealy  mouthed  about 
matters  of  this  kind,  but  if  you  pick  up  the  newspapers 
you  will  read  about  specifics  for  nameless  diseases,  and 
you  will  find  the  same  thing  displayed  on  the  bill-boards 
on  every  hand.  Let  the  pulpit  be  as  bold  for  God  as 
these  quack  advertisers,  for  money.  This  plank  also 
teaches  holiness  of  heart,  and  life.  All  other  "Chris- 
tianity" is  a  sham.  "Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
let  him  give  her  a  writing  of  divorcement,"  said  the 
Pharisees.   There  is  no  end  of  that  going  on. 

Now  hear  the  King:  Read  Plank  No.  3.  "But  I  say 
unto  you.  That  whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife,  save 
for  the  cause  of  fornication,  causeth  her  to  commit  adul- 
tery :  and  whosoever  shall  marry  her  that  is  divorced  com- 
mitteth  adultery."  And  yet,  we  have  divorces  for  desertion 
and  drunkenness,  divorces  for  total  depravity  and  incom- 
patibility of  temper,  and  a  dozen  more.  There  would  nev- 
er be  any  divorce  cases,  if  all  differences  were  made  the 
subject  of  prayer  at  the  family  altar.  All  the  friction  and 
troubles  can  be  met  and  gloriously  overcome  around  the 
family  altar.  ("Amen !")  Jesus  in  the  home  cures  all  that. 
The  most  appalling  failure  in  the  church  to-day  is  the 
decline  of  the  family  altar. 

After  you  get  sanctification  in  your  soul,  you  will 
not  buy  three-fourths  of  the  literature  that  is  offered 
for  sale,  and  as  you  pass  along  the  streets  you  will  not 
allow  your  eyes  to  rest  upon  the  obscene  posters  on  the 


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bill  boards.  ("That's  so !")  You  will  not  buy  obscene 
or  suggestive  pictures  or  photographs,  or  sculpture,  or 
stereopticon  views  to  distill  lust  in  the  minds  and  hearts 
of  those  who  gaze  at  them.  When  you  are  sanctified, 
you  will  cut  those  "gilded  Venuses"  out  of  your  frames 
and  dump  them  into  the  coal  fire.  Clean  up  your  photo- 
graph albums  !  Cast  out  th'e  Sunday  papers.  If  you  have 
a  holy  heart,  you  will  not  have  a  thing  around  you  that 
suggests  immorality  or  lewdness.  I  had  five  divorces  in 
one  of  my  charges,  and  I  said  to  these  parties :  Don't 
you  marry  again,  if  you  have  faith  and  hope  in  Jesus  and 
His  glorious  salvation.  He  says,  if  you  put  away  your 
wife  and  marry  another,  you  cannot  enter  the  kingdom 
of  heaven,  (save  you  do  it  for  one  cause  only.)  ("Amen !") 
If  you  put  your  wife  away  for  any  other  than  a  scriptural 
cause,  there  is  nothing  this  side  of  hell  for  you !  ("Amen  !") 
Fourth  Plank.  "Again,  ye  have  heard  that  it  hath 
been  said  by  them  of  old  time,  Thou  shalt  not  forswear 
thyself,  but  shalt  perform  unto  the  Lord  thine  oaths." 
"Thou  shall  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
vain."  That  is  God's  commandment.  That  is  a  blessed 
commandment.  And  there  is  many  a  moral  man  that 
never  curses  or  swears.  They  say  "We  are  as  good 
as  you  are.  We  are  as  well  off  as  any  sanctified  Christian." 
But  that  is  not  enough !  Jesus  says  "Let  your  communica- 
tion be,  Yea,  yea;  Nay,  Nay:  for  whatsoever  is  more  than 
these  Cometh  of  evil ;"  literally :  from  the  devil !  We 
have  by-words  and  expressions  coming  up  in  our  hearts 
until  we  are  converted  and  sanctified.  "Let  your 
communication  be :  Yea,  yea ;  Nay,  nay."  "But  I 
say  unto  you,  Swear  not  at  all :  neither  by  heaven ; 
for  that  is  God's  throne :  Nor  by  earth ;  for  it  is  His  foot- 
stool." You  say  "As  sure  as  I  live."  You  ought  not 
to  swear  by  your  life  for  you  cannot  turn  one  hair  white 


J.  A.  DOOLEY, 
Omaha,  Neb. 


MRS.  J.  A.  DOOLEY, 
Omaha,  Neb. 


W.  T.  EVANS,  I.  N.  McHOSE, 

Concord,  111.  Chicago,  111. 


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or  black;  you  may  be  dead  in  an  hour.  Let  us  say 
if  the  Lord  will,  we  will  do  this  or  that. 

Again,  Plank  5.  ''Ye  have  heard  that  it  hath  been, 
said,  An  eye  for  an  eye,  and  tooth  for  a  tooth."  That 
'is,  if  a  man  puts  out  your  eye,  you  have  a  right  to  put 
out  his  eye.  That  is  not  Christianity.  It  is  the  old  Lex 
Talionis  of  the  Romans.  "But  I  say  unto  you.  That  ye 
resist  not  evil;  but  whosoever  shall  smite  thee  on  thy 
right  cheek,  turn  to  him  the  other  also."  You  say,  "I 
don't  sec  how  I  can  stand  this."  But  this  is  what  we 
are  taught  by  the  Christ  to  do,  and  this  is  perfect  love, 
this  is  the  doctrine  of  this  Assembly.  This  plank  also 
teaches  holiness  of  heart  and  life ! 

About  three  years  ago,  I  went  to  Texas,  and  preached 
holiness,  where  they  are  turning  out  of  the  churches  so 
many  holiness  people  now.  A  great  big,  two-fisted  fellow 
came  up  to  me,  grabbed  me  by  the  throat  and  knocked 
me !  When  I  came  to,  I  was  on  my  knees  praying 
for  him.  ("Amen !")  You  can't  make  that  to  order,  but 
the  Holy  Ghost  can  do  it.  You  don't  know  what  you 
have  to  resist,  until  you  are  tried,  then  Grace  is  suffi- 
cient. 

Can't  a  Christian  go  to  law?  ("No!")  Why,  if  a 
man  is  owing  ycu,  can't  you  collect  it  by  law?  No. 
You  have  no  business  to  bring  suit  on  a  claim.  If  you 
can't  afiford  to  lose  it,  don't  trust  it.  If  the  credit  system 
were  abolished  it  would  be  a  blessing.  Not  that  you 
haven't  a  right  to  bring  a  bill  to  settle  a  matter  in  pro- 
bate, chancery  or  something  of  that  kind.  If  sinners  try 
to  "do  you"  out  of  anything,  let  them  have  it.  But  do 
not  go  around  selling  goods  on  monthly  installments, 
and  then  distress  those  who  cannot  pay.  God  forgives 
only  as  we  forgive.  Somehow,  the  Old  Testament  is 
rather  played  out  these  days.    We  say  we  don't  need 


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it.  We  have  got  Christianity.  Yes,  brother,  but  hear 
this :  "Thou  shalt  not  harden  thine  heart,  nor  shut  thine 
hand  from  thy  poor  brother;  but  thou  shaU  open  thine 
hand  wide  unto  him,  and  shalt  surely  lend  him  sufficient 
for  his  need,  in  that  which  he  wanteth.  Beware  that 
there  be  not  a  thought  in  thy  wicked  heart,  saying,  The 
seventh  year,  the  year  of  release,  is  at  hand ;  and  thine 
eye  be  evil  against  thy  poor  brother,  and  thou  givest 
him  nought ;  and  he  cry  unto  the  Lord  against  thee,  and  it 
be  sin  unto  thee."  The  Old  Testament  says  it  is  sin  to 
refuse,  when  your  brother  asks  for  aid.  You  are  to  do 
this  out  of  pure  love,  not  grudgingly :  ''because  that  for 
this  thing  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  all  thy 
works,  and  in  all  that  thou  puttest  thine  hand  unto." 
You  have  got  to  trust  to  Jesus  that  nobody  shall  de- 
mand of  you  that  which  he  ought  not.  If  anyone  is  so 
bad  off  that  he  ask,  give  it  him,  and  turn  him  not  away. 
That  is  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 

We  don't  have  to  sue  men  at  law.  Of  course  it  is 
necessary  to  do  a  little  chancery  business.  The  point  is, 
the  man  with  a  corrupt  and  carnal  heart  is  glad  to  use 
the  courts  for  extortion ;  to  oppress  his  victim. 

Hear  him  again  "Love  your  enemies,  bless  them  that 
curse  you,  do  good  to  them  that  hate  you,"  etc.  What 
the  Pharisees  taught  was :  "Be  good  to  them  that  are 
good  to  you."  But  Jesus  said,  "Bless  them  that  hate 
you."  You  hear  men  say :  "I  like  a  good  hater."  Jesus 
Christ  doesn't.  A  man  that  has  a  "good  hate"  in  him 
is  going  to  hell.   ("That  is  so.") 

Have  you  this  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit?  or  do 
you  say  mean  things  about  others?  Do  these  untoward 
things  well  up  in  your  heart?  Do  you  go  to  bed  at 
night  and  dream  bad  things?  Jesus  Christ  can  keep 
nights  as  well  as  days.  ("Amen!") 


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''If  ye  love  them  which  love  you,  what  reward  have 
ye?  do  not  even  the  publicans  the  same?"  Let  us  be 
filled  with  love.  Lord !  make  this  convention  a  mighty 
baptism  of  love  !  ("Amen  !")  Here  are  some  more  barbed 
wires  ! 

Here  is  6th  Plank.  ''Take  heed  that  ye  do  not  your 
alms  before  men."   What  a  contrast ! 

What  are  they  doing  nowadays?  Building  churches, 
putting  in  stained  glass  memorials  for  Brown,  Jones  and 
Snicklefritz.  I  was  holding  a  meeting  out  in  Colorado. 
An  old  sinner  had  put  a  good  deal  of  money  into  the 
building  and  had  it  named  after  him.  He  couldn't  stand 
holiness  preaching,  and  the  third  day  I  was  put  out.  They 
pulled  the  knob  ofif  and  stayed  inside  so  that  I  couldn't 
get  in.  I  got  up  on  a  pile  of  brick,  and  had  the  whole 
town  there  to  hear  me.  ("Amen !")  Well,  when  Sunday 
came,  we  had  a  deliverance.  The  pastor  came  and  said 
to  us  that  the  church  and  brethren  had  misunderstood, 
and  that  he  would  have  the  church  opened  up.  We  went 
back,  and  fourteen  fell  at  the  altar  for  prayers.  You  never 
have  victory  without  a  fight !  ("Amen  !")  The  bigger  the 
fight,  the  greater  the  victory.  ("Praise  God  !")  Well,  here  we 
are  again  in  the  .track  of  the  Pharisees !  How  do  they  get 
up  weddings  these  days?  Old  Brown  marries  of¥  his  girl, 
and  invites  the  Smiths,  and  they  bring  in  sofa  pillows  and 
tidies  and  china  and  silverware.  Then  old  Smith  mar- 
ries of¥  his  girl  and  invites  the  Browns,  and  they  say, 
"Well,  what  did  the  Browns  bring  us?  We've  got  to 
get  them  something  just  as  good."  And  so  they  make 
out  a  list,  and  Smith  goes  off  to  town  to  get  some- 
thing for  Brown's  daughter,  equal  to  what  the  Brown's 
gave  their  daughter.    It's  qiud  pro  quo  ! 

Some  speak  of  a  lodge  being  a  charitable  institu- 
tion.   There  is  no  charity  in  it.    If  you  belong  to  the 


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Odd  Fellows  or  the  Even  fellows,  or  to  the  Free  Masons 
or  the  Hod  Carriers, — that  is  not  charity  at  all !  The 
lodge  is  no  better  than  any  hose  company  or  base-ball 
club,  as  far  as  charity  is  concerned.  Jesus  says  ''When  thou 
niakest  a  feast  call  not  thy  rich  relations,  lest  they  repay 
thee !"  Do  you  say :  "I  went  and  called  on  the  old  woman 
that  takes  in  washing,  poor  old  Widow  Brown,  and  I 
brought  her  a  basket  with  turkey  and  cranberry  sauce? 
1  did'nt  advertise  it.  Nobody  found  it  out."  Well  Brother 
that  pleased  Jesus !  We  say  we  will  go  to  see  Mary 
this  year ;  next  year  we  will  invite  her  to  our  place,  and 
so  on.  Who  is  there  here  tonight  made  a  feast  Christ- 
mas or  New  Years  or  Thanksgiving  as  Jesus  directs  ?  "It's 
me  and  my  wife,  my  son  John  and  his  wife ;  we  four  and 
no  more." 

Seventh  Plank.  Jesus  says,  "let  not  your  left  hand 
know  what  your  right  hand  doeth."  Where  are  the 
churches  that  follow  that?  Are  not  the  most  of  them 
Pharisees  ? 

Hear  the  Text:  "Except  your  righteousness  shall 
exceed  the  righteousness  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye 
shall,  in  no  case,  enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Pray 
in  secret.  Give  alms  in  a  modest  way.  Sound  no  trumpet, 
rush  into  no  newspaper,  in  order  to  have  praise  of  men. 
God  help  us,  but  this  is  searching. 

This  applies  to  the  men  who  pray  to  be  seen  of 
men ;  this  applies  to  the  pastor  that  prays  to  show  off. 
("Amen !")  People  that  do  not  pray  in  secret,  never  pray 
in  truth.  iPeople  that  pray  in  secret, '  God  hears  them. 
This  plank  teaches  holiness  of  heart  and"  life. 

Plank  No.  8.  "Lay  not  up  for  yourselves  treasures 
upon  earth  *  *  But  lay  up  for  yourselves  treas- 
ures in  heaven,  where  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  corrupt, 


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and  where  thieves  do  not  break  through  nor  steal."  Oh, 
what  a  place  for  heart  searching!  ("Amen!")  Is  your 
money  devoted  to  the  cause  of  God  and  the  salvation 
of  souls?  Is  it  given  in  such  a  way  as  to  please  Jesus? 
Are  you  employing  every  dollar  that  comes  in  honestly 
to  the  glory  of  God?  John  Wesley  says:  "Call  me  a 
hypocrite  if  I  die  worth  a  hundred  pounds." 

No.  9.  Again,  He  says,  "when  thou  fastest,  thou 
shouldst  not  do  as  the  hypocrites,"  for  they  used  to  daub 
black  streaks  under  their  eyes,  so  they  would  look  as  it 
they  were  all  worn  out  by  fasting.  Don't  go  with  long 
melancholy  faces,  showing  of¥,  so  people  will  say,  "O,  isn't 
he  pious  ?" 

And  how  is  the  mercenary,  money  lover  to  pass 
through  this  barb  wire?  "No  man  can  serve  two  mas- 
ters: for  either  he  will  hate  the  one,  and  love  the  other; 
or  else  he  will  hold  to  the  one,  and  despise  the  other." 

Plank  No.  10.  "Give  not  that  which  is  holy  unto  the 
dogs,  neither  cast  ye  your  pearls  before  swine,  lest  they 
trample  them  under  their  feet,  and  turn  again  and  rend 
you.  Ask  and  it  shall  be  given  you;  seek  and  ye  shall 
find ;  knock  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  You  can 
have  this  grace !  You  can  live  up  to  the  Sermon  on  the 
Mount.  Get  yourself  right  down  on  bed-rock,  where  Jesus 
can  keep  you.  ("Amen!")  Steal  away  to  Jesus.  Weep 
and  cry:  "Lord,  strengthen  me  in  the  points  where  I 
fail  I"  May  we  be  perfect,  as  our  Father  in  heaven  is 
perfect,  in  love,  in  holiness  and  in  a  pure  heart.  I  haven't 
an  enemy  on  earth.  I  don't  mean  that  some  one  might 
not  be.  an  enemy  to  me,  but  I  am  not  an  enemy  to 
them.  ("Amen!")  I  am  at  peace  in  my  soul.  I  tell 
you  the  blessing  of  holiness  raises  one  up  and  delivers  him 


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from  the  snares  of  the  devil.  I  would  rather  die  than 
to  fail  to  preach  holiness  anywhere  and  at  any  time. 

O  God !  Send  us  out  from  this  place  to  have  a 
greater  victory  than  ever  before,  is  my  prayer.  You  need 
this  blessing  to  help  you  keep  sweet  with  your  family; 
you  need  it  in  your  trials  and  tribulations.  I  want  you 
to  have  the  baptism  of  the  Spirit  tonight. 

At  the  close  of  the  sermon,  twelve  seekers  came  forward  at 
the  invitation,  and  about  twenty-five  of  God's  people  gathered  with 
them  around  the  altar. 

Thursday,  flay  9. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

8  :oo  A.  M.,  Praise  and  Prayer  Service. 
9:30  A.  M.,  Business  session,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  pre- 
siding. 

Bro.  H.  F.  Kletzing  led  with  a  brief  prayer  that 
the  blessing  of  God  might  rest  upon  the  meeting. 

Minutes  of  previous  session,  read,  corrected  and  ap- 
proved. 

The  Committee  on  Credentials  reported  further  names 
of  delegates,  which,  on  motion  were  added  to  the  roll. 

On  motion,  it  was  decided  to  devote  the  hour  be- 
tween eleven  and  twelve  to  reports  from  delegates  on 
the  state  of  the  work,  if  the  business  of  the  Assembly 
would  allow,  and  the  hour  between  two  and  three  P.  M. 
was  set  apart  for  editors  and  agents  of  holiness  periodicals 
to  represent  their  publications. 

A  letter  was  read  by  the  Secretary  from  Bro.  Beth 
C.  Rees,  in  which  he  and  the  brethren  laboring  with 
him  declined  the  invitation  of  the  Assembly  to  conduct 
their  noonday  meetings  in  the  Assembly  Hall. 

A  fraternal  letter  from  Pres.  T.  C.  Reade  of  Taylor 
University,  Upland,  Ind.,  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  con- 


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taining  the  greetings  and  prayers  of  Pres.  Reade  for 
God's  blessing  upon  the  Assembly. 

The  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods,  through  its 
Secretary,  Bro.  T.  H.  Agnew,  presented  the  report  of 
this  committee,  the  entire  report  being  adopted  with  slight 
changes  in  the  wording.  The  report  as  adopted  is  pub- 
lished elsewhere. 

Acting  on  motion  of  the  Assembly,  the  President  ap  - 
pointed five  persons  to  nominate  the  members  of  the 
Committee  on  Preparation  and  Permanent  Work,  as  fol- 
lows:  Bro.  G.  W.  Ridout,  Sister  S.  B.  Shaw,  Bros.  George 
Hughes,  C.  W.  Ruth  and  B.  S.  Taylor. 

Bro.  J.  P.  Brushingham  moved  and  the  motion  pre- 
vailed, that  those  who  were  out  of  relationship  with  their 
respective  churches  through  no  fault  of  theirs,  be  upheld 
in  every  way  possible,  and  that  their  cases  be  referred 
to  the  committee  on  Permanent  Methods. 

Owing  to  press  of  work,  Bro.  Geo.  A.  McLaughlin 
tendered  his  resignation,  as  a  member  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Permanent  Methods,  which  was  accepted,  and  Bro. 
C.  B.  Whitaker  was  appointed  in  his  stead. 

The  Assembly  then  listened  to  reports  from  different 
sections  as  follows : 

Bro.  Isaiah  Reid  of  Iowa :  "I  am  glad  to  report  an 
increased  interest  in  the  holiness  work  in  my  state,  accom- 
panied with  great  confidence  and  expectations.  Bless  the 
Lord. 

Bro.  C.  W.  Ruth  of  Indiana :  ''Since  the  first  of 
November,  it  has  been  my  privilege  to  labor  in  thir- 
teen states,  beginning  with  a  meeting  in  Maine  and  ex- 
tending to  the  Pacific  Coast,  so  I  have  covered  the  field 
rather  widely.  The  ministers  in  general  are  conscious  that 
a  deeper  type  of  piety  is  the  need  of  to-day.   The  people 


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are  hungering  for  holiness  everywhere.  I  think  we  are 
coming  to  be  better  understood  as  hoHness  people.  I 
am  delighted  to  have  had  a  part  in  the  work.  The  Lord 
has  been  pleased  to  put  His  blessing  on  my  labors,  and 
I  am  encouraged  to  push  forward.  I  am  glad  the  Lord 
permitted  me  to  unfurl  the  banner  of  holiness." 
("Amen.") 

Bro.  C.  B.  Jernigan  of  Texas :  "I  am  glad  to  be 
here.  I  am  here  in  direct  answer  to  prayer.  I  have 
been  in  this  work  only  six  years.  When  the  Lord  sancti- 
fied me,  the  last  question  was :  Will  you  preach  holi- 
ness? I  said,  *Yes.'  I  have  seen  thousands  of  people 
converted  and  sanctified  the  past  six  years.  God  is  hon- 
oring the  work.  (''Amen !")  I  am  praying  that  God 
will  melt  the  whole  thing  down,  until  all  the  holiness 
forces  will  run  together.  I  want  a  Pentecostal  blessing 
from  the  sky.  We  have  fifteen  or  twenty  bands  of  holi- 
ness people,  each  band  consisting  of  from  fifty-five  to 
sixty  members.  Some  of  these  have  pastors  and  other 
places  have  none. 

"I  am  going  back  from  this  place  a  wiser  man,  and 
I  am  going  to  get  down  deeper  before  God.  It  has  been 
a  benediction  to  my  soul.  I  feel  that  we  are  nearer  in 
oneness  than  ever  before.  I  want  that  this  Assembly 
should  be  permanent,  and  that  it  shall  take  in  all  the  other 
holiness  associations  and  bands  throughout  the  country." 
(Applause.) 

Bro.  Jonas  Brooks  of  towa: — "I  bless  the  Lord  for 
the  secret  of  a  happy  life.  I  was  'born'  twice  in  one  town 
in  old  New  York  state,  and  sanctified  in  the  bargain. 
("Amen !")  Soon  after  the  blessed  Lord  touched  my  heart 
with  holy  fire,  He  set  me  going,  and  called  me  out  into 
Christian  work,  and,  by  the  grace  of  God,  I  have  been  at 


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ft  over  thirty  years.  I  have  had  a  good  time  in  the 
service  of  the  Lord.  (''Amen !")  They  call  me  a  scout, 
peddling  holiness  literature.  I  have  visited  fifteen  different 
states,  carrying  my  grip-sack  on  my  back,  walking  thou- 
sands of  miles  and  scattering  thousands  of  dollars'  worth 
of  holiness  literature.  I  have  seen  in  this  work  many  con- 
versions ,  and  many  led  into  entire  sanctification.  I  love 
the  Lord  with  all  my  heart,  and,  by  the  grace  of  God,  I  am 
going  through  on  this  line."    ("Amen  !") 

Bro.  Daniel  D.  Lyon  of  Iowa: — "I  want  to  say  that 
I  love  the  Lord.  I  have  been  connected  with  the  Meth- 
odist Church  for  thirty-three  years.  The  Lord  is  wonder- 
fully helping  us  in  Woodbine.  We  have  an  association 
there  of  perhaps  fifty  members.  The  Lord  is  opening  the 
way,  I  beHeve,  for  the  spread  of  Christian  holiness  all 
through  the  country. 

can  say  personally,  that  I  am  standing  on  the 
Rock.  ("Amen !")  I  want  your  prayers.  I  am  only  a 
layman,  but  I  have  been  privileged  to  see  quite  a  stirring 
lately  among  the  people,  on  holiness  lines.  The  Bible  says 
that  holiness  shall  be  put  upon  the  bridles  of  the  horses." 

Bro.  H.  Grentzenberg  of  Ohio : — '*I  want  to  let  you 
know  that  we  have  some  German  holiness  people.  In 
1867,  in  the  spring,  during  a  series  of  meetings  held  by 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer,  in  Union  Church,  St.  Louis,  I 
touched  the  blood  that  cleansed  me  from  all  sin. 
C'Amen !")  I  felt,  from  that  moment  that  the  Lord  wanted 
me  to  spread  that  knowledge  of  full  salvation.  I  was  then 
a  member  of  an  English  church.  A  year  afterwards,  the 
i^ord  sent  me  out  into  the  German  M.  E.  Church,  as 
a  preacher,  and  I  preached  full  salvation,  entire  sanctifica- 
tion, perfect  love,  and  I  cannot  preach  without  bringing 
holiness  into  my  sermon.   I  suffered  a  great  deal  of  perse- 


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cution  at  first.  I  was  brought  up  before  a  committee  of 
investigation  on  the  charge  of  unscriptural  teaching,  but 
the  Lord  stood  by  me  and  I  came  out  clear. 

"I  hope  to  go  back  from  this  Assembly  like  a  flame 
of  fircr"    ("Amen !") 

Bro.  S.  T.  Entorf  of  Naperville,  111:  "I  am  very 
glad  to  be  here  this  morning.  I  love  your  fellowship.  I 
feel  very  much  at  home  in  this  place.  I  trust  God  will 
still  more  wonderfully  pour  His  Spirit  out  upon  us  all. 
("Amen !") 

"I  was  converted  in  1877,  and  soon  after  I  felt  called 
of  God  to  go  into  the  ministry.  I  want  to  say  that  soon 
after  my  conversion,  I  was  led  to  think  upon  the  person- 
ality, ofhce,  work  and  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  I 
felt  that  there  Vv^as  much  more  in  store  for  me.  I  had 
heard  no  holiness  sermons.  I  am  sorry  to  say  I  sought 
seven  years  before  finding  what  my  heart  was  longing 
for,  as  I  might  have  had  it  at  once,  had  I  known  the  way. 

"Let  us  keep  humble.  May  the  Lord  bless  and  fill 
you  all."    ("Amen !") 

Bro.  J.  B.  Foote  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. : — ."I  was  con- 
verted when  thirteen  years  old.  At  twenty-two,  I  was 
entirely  sanctified  at  a  camp  meeting.  I  had  set  my  heart 
upon  being  a  college  professor,  or  some  big  man,  not 
simply  a  preacher,  but  when  the  Lord  asked  me  if  I  would 
be  a  missionary,  I  said  'y^s,'  and  I  was  wonderfully  and 
entirely  sanctified. 

"In  1867,  Lithink  it  was,  when  I  was  Presiding  Elder, 
we  got  a  new  camp  ground.  We  bought  the  property, 
and  they  asked  me  to  present  the  opening  sermon.  They 
insisted  that  I  should.  At  the  close  of  the  sermon,  I 
said :  "I  fling  out  the  banner  of  entire  sanctification  for 
every  believer,  and  conversion  for  every  sinner  that  comes 


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Upon  these  grounds.'  I  invited  all  who  would  to  enlist 
under  that  banner.  Many  did.  Three  days  afterwards, 
one  of  the  men  said  he  wanted  to  apologize  for  not  rais- 
ing his  hand  on  that  invitation.  He  said  he  could  then 
raise  both  hands.  (*'Amen !")  He  had  experienced  the 
blessing  the  evening  before.  A  hundred  thousand,  two 
hundred  thousand, — nobody  knows  how  much  that  man 
has  given  for  benevolent  purposes.  I  am  leader  of  a 
holiness  meeting  in  Syracuse,  which  has  a  history  of  thirty 
years.    ("Bless  the  Lord !") 

"Five  years  ago,  my  health  became  such  that  I  could 
not  continue  as  pastor.  I  have  been  chaplain  in  a  peni- 
tentiary for  three  or  four  years.  I  preach  strongly,  holi- 
ness of  heart  by  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Ghost  to 
those  men  and  women,  and  I  am  convinced  that  that  kind 
of  preaching  is  the  best  for  them."    ("Amen !") 

Bro.  T.  M.  McClung,  of  Spring  Green,  Wis. :— "I  like 
to  look  into  the  faces  of  holiness  people.  I  got  this  bless- 
ing the  first  year  of  my  ministry,  and  I  didn't  have  any 
better  sense  than  to  try  to  spread  it  around !  ("Amen !") 
I  find  it  makes  lots  of  trouble.  ("Hallelujah !")  I  made 
lots  of  mistakes,  but  I  made  it  go  through.  This  thing 
has  had  its  effect  on  me.  I  haven't  preached  a  scorching 
sermon  for  some  time.  I  do  love  God,  and  I  love  his 
people.  I  believe  in  honoring  the  Holy  Ghost.  ("Amen 
I  love  to  hear  you  talk  of  your  experiences.  I  am  with 
you  heart  and  soul  for  holiness."    ("Amen !") 

By  vote  of  the  Assembly,  the  hour  from  7  :oo  to 
8:00  P.  M.,  was  set  aside  for  the  hearing  of  report  of 
Committee  on  Deliverances. 


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AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

2:00  P.  M.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler,  presiding. 

This  being  the  appointed  hour,  reports  on  holiness 
^  Hterature  were  called  for. 

Bro.  Hiram  Ackers  depicted  the  prevailing  power  of 
a  mother's  love  as  portrayed  in  his  booklet  entitled 
''Saved  by  Grace  Through  Faith." 

Bro.  Thomas  K.  Doty  represented  "The  Christian 
Harvester,"  (8  pp.,  Cleveland,  O.,)  established  in  1872. 
Bro.  Doty  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  '^Har- 
vester"  was  the  oldest  holiness  paper  of  consecutive  issue, 
mainly  made  up  from  original  contributions.  He  men- 
tioned, briefly,  his  works:  "The  Two-fold  Gift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,"  and  "Lessons  in  Holiness." 

Bro.  Joseph  S.  Dempster,  called  attention  briefly  to 
his  paper,  "The  Interior  Advance,"  (8  pp.,  Washington, 
D.  C.,)  but  recently  established,  and  his  two  works  en- 
titled: "Bread  from  Heaven,"  and  "From  Romanism  to 
Pentecost." 

Bro.  A.  M.  Hills  represented  "The  Texas  Holiness 
Advocate,"  (8  pp.,  Greenville,  Texas,)  edited  by  Bros.  C. 
M.  Keith  and  C.  O.  McConnell,  now  in  its  fourth  year. 

Bro.  Hills  also  called  attention  to  the  Texas  Holiness 
University  at  Greenville,  Tex.,  to  the  head  of  which  institu- 
tion he  was  called,  in  part,  through  the  reputation  of  his 
books :  "Life  and  Labors  of  Mary  A.  Woodbridge," 
"Holiness  and  Power,"  "Pentecostal  Light,"  "Whosoever 
Will,  Gospel,"  etc.  Bro.  B.  A.  Cordell  donated  forty-two 
acres  of  ground,  and  the  work  of  founding  and  equipping 
the  University  started  less  than  two  years  ago.  The  first 
day's  enrollment  was  27,  but  before  the  close  of  the  col- 


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lege  year,  the  number  was  increased  to  io8,  and  there  are 
at  present  over  200  students. 

Bro.  Hills  also  represented  Bro.  M.  L.  Haney's  book, 
''Inheritance  Restored,"  pronouncing  it  the  best  among 
some  ninety  hoHness  works  he  had  read. 

Bro.  W.  T.  Hogue,  Editor  of  'The  Free  Methodist," 
represented  that  paper  (16  pp.,  Chicago,  111.,)  the  official 
organ  of  the  denomination,  which  he  stated  was  a  clean 
journal,  adapted  to  the  family,  and  for  holiness  through- 
out. 

Bro.  George  Hughes  represented  ''The  Guide  to  Holi- 
ness, (magazine  form,  36  pp.  and  upwards,  New  York,)  es- 
tablished under  the  name  of  "Guide  to  Christian  Perfec- 
tion." Bro.  Hughes  said :  "Some  tell  me  that  they  have 
read  this  paper  for  forty  years.  ("Amen  !")  They  placed 
me  in  as  editor,  and  I  have  been  in  that  work  for  twenty 
years.  We  are  trying  to  run  this  periodical  on  Pentecostal 
lines." 

Bro.  J.  McD.  Kerr,  Editor,  represented  "The  Holiness 
Berean,"  (8  pp.  Toronto,)  established  twelve  years  ago  to 
meet  the  demand  for  something  distinctive  along  holiness 
lines,  in  Canada.  Without  enumerating,  Bro.  Kerr  stated 
that  their  press  was  given  to  the  publication  of  books  and 
tracts  wholly  along  the  full  salvation  line. 

Bro.  Geo.  A.  McLaughlin  represented  "The  Christian 
Witness,"  (16  pp.,  Chicago  and  Boston,)  one  of  the  organs 
of  The  National  Holiness  Association.  It  was  founded  in 
1870,  originally  as  the  "Advocate  of  Bible  Holiness,"  and 
merged  into  this  paper  nineteen  years  ago,  Bros.  G.  A.  Mc 
Laughlin  and  C.  J.  Fowler  being  present  Editors,  and 
Bros.  B.  Carradine  and  Isaiah  Reid,  on  its  staff  of  writers. 

Bro.  Benson  H.  Roberts  represented  "The  Earnest 


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Christian,"  established  in  i860,  and  continuing  until  the 
death  of  his  father,  when  he  assumed  the  editorship.  Bro. 
Roberts  said :  ''It  stands  for  true,  Scriptural  holiness,  and 
God  has  made  it  a  blessing  to  many  thousands."  ^ 

Prayer,  led  by  Sister  E.  R.  Wheaton,  (Prison  Evan- 
gelist.) :  God,  our  Father,  we  are  glad  we  have  One 
that  will  stick  closer  than  a  brother.  One  that  will  not 
turn  us  away,  if  we  let  everything  in  our  lives  be  in  har- 
mony and  subjection  to  His  will. 

Bless,  we  pray  Thee,  the  delegates,  the  editors,  the 
ministers  and  the  leaders.  Bless  all  in  attendance.  Help 
us,  we  pray  Thee,  to  go  forth  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit's 
power.  Keep  us  from  all  false  doctrine,  and  lead  us  in  the 
true  religion  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Bless  Brother  and  Sister  Shaw,  while  they  speak. 
Remember  the  poor  prisoners  in  the  jails  and  penitentia- 
ries all  over  the  land,  and,  finally,  may  we  all  meet  in  that 
other  and  better  land,  we  ask  it  for  Jesus'  sake.  Amen." 

Singing  by  the  congregation,  ''Wondrously  Re- 
deemed." 

SERMON  BY  SISTER  S.  B.  SHAW. 

Dearly  Beloved !  If  there  be  any  reason  in  the  provi- 
dence of  God  why  I  should  be  here  to-day,'you  know  as 
well  as  I,  that  it  is  not  the  mere  preaching  of  a  sermon. 
There  are  too  many  here  that  can  do  that  better  than  I. 
If  there  be  any  reason,  it  is  that  I  might  bring  to  you 
something  of  the  lesson  that  I  believe,  in  my  inmost  soul, 
God  has  been  writing  on  my  heart  by  the  power  of  His 
blessed  Spirit,  during  the  last  three  months. 

I  invite  your  attention  this  afternoon  to  part  of  the 
thirty-seventh  verse  of  the  thirty-sixth  Chapter  of  Eze- 
kiel :  "Thus  saith  the  Lord  God :  I  will  yet  for  this  be 
enquired  of  by  the  house  of  Israel,  to  do  it  for  them," 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


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The  "this"  referred  to  in  the  text  was  a  deep,  thor- 
ough, wide-spread,  searching  revival — a  glorious  revival 
in  Israel,  promised  and  described  in  the  chapter  from 
which  the  text  is  taken.  I  invite  your  attention  to  a  study 
of  this  revival  for  God  is  an  unchangeable  God  and  if  we 
can  learn  what  He  did  for  His  professed  church  and  His 
professed  people  under  certain  circumstances  and  con- 
ditions in  the  olden  time,  then  we  may  know  what  He  is 
willing  and  able  and  waiting  to  do  for  His  professed 
church  to-day.  I  say  His  professed  church  for  I  ask  you 
to  notice  that  Israel  in  this  chapter  and  in  this  connection 
meant  not  Israelites  indeed  in  whom  there  was  no  guile, 
but  the  professed  people  of  God — tliose  who  had  been 
known  and  were  called  by.  His  name.  Here  I  believe 
as  Holiness  people  we  have  sometimes  made  a  mistake. 
We  have  sometimes  seemed  to  think  that  God  cared 
nothing  for  His  professed  church  as  such,  but  I  believe 
that  this  is  a  sad  mistake  and  that  the  Scriptures  abun- 
dantly confirm  me  in  this.  All  of  God's  dealings  with 
His  Israel  of  old  show  that  in  spite  of  their  rebellion  and 
hardness  of  heart  they  were  precious  in  His  sight.  When 
they  were  disobedient  and  rebellious  He  chastened  them 
and  if  they  returned  not,  He  suf¥ered  them  even  to  be 
carried  away  captive  into  the  land  of  their  enemies — yet 
because  they  were  called  by  His  name,  He  was  jealous 
over  them  and  when  their  enemies  rejoiced  in  their  down- 
fall He  visited  them  in  awful  veng^eance  because  they  re- 
joiced over  the  calamity  of  Israel.  Nor  did  He  give  Israel 
up  because  of  their  sin — nor  has  He  given  them  up  for 
Paul  plainly  tells  us  tliat  the}'  are  to  be  grafted  in  again 
and  both  the  Old  and  the  Xew  Testaments  promise  that 
Israel  shall  be  restored.  So  I  believe  God  cares  for  His 
professed  church  to-day  and  as  it  was  His  will  to  grant  a 
sweeping  revival  in  Israel  in  the  olden-time,  so  it  is  His 


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will  and  He  wants  us  to  ask  for  and  expect  a  sweeping 
revival  to-day  not  outside  of  the  church  but  in  the  church 
and  that  for  this  end  in  spite  of  difficulties  we  should  labor 
and  pray  and  believe. 

In  situdying  this  revival  promised  by  the  prophet  I 
call  your  attention  first  to  the 

Prevailing  Conditions.  It  was  a  time  of  desolation — 
a  time  when  the  church  seemed  to  have  no  cause  to  expect 
favor  at  the  hands  of  God.  For  disobedience  Go  J  had 
chastened  her  and  because  of  her  continued  disobedience 
and  terrible  idolatry  she  had  been  carried  away  captive 
into  Babylon.  From  the  human  standpoint,  she  had  no 
claim  on  the  mercy  of  God — no  right  to  expect  His  favor 
or  a  gracious  outpouring  of  His  Spirit.  Yet  in  spite  of 
her  unworthiness  God  declared  that  He  was  for  her  and 
would  turn  unto  her  and  that  He  would  take  her  from 
among  the  heathen  and  bring  her  unto  her  own  land. 
I  ask  you  then  next  to  notice 

God's  Reason  for  Promising  a  Revival.  What  moved 
God  then  to  make  this  vow?  What  moved  God 
to  declare  He  would  send  to  them  the  heathen  round 
about,  and  bring  them  back,  and  that  He  would  build  the 
waste  places,  and  the  land  of  Canaan  should  no  longer 
be  desolate  of  souls?  Not  the  worthiness  of  the  church; 
not  the  spirituality  of  the  church,  but  the  glory  of  His 
own  name.  ("Amen!")  God  values  us  for  His  own  name's 
sake.  This  is  plainly  stated  in  the  twenty-first  and  twen- 
ty-second verses  of  this  same  chapter.  ''But  I  had  pity 
for  mine  holy  name,  which  the  house  of  Israel  had  pro- 
faned among  the  heathen,  whither  they  went.  Therefore 
say  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY, 


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I  do  not  this  for  your  sakes,  O  house  of  Israel  but  for 
mine  holy  name's  sake,  which  ye  have  profaned  among  the 
heathen,  whither  ye  went."  God  promised,  then,  a  re- 
vival not  because  of  the  worthiness  or  the  faithfulness 
of  the  church,  but  for  the  glory  of  His  own  name.  Notice 
also  in  the  third  place  that  the 

Source  and  Beginning  of  This  Revival — was  not  in  Is- 
rael but  in  the  mind  and  purpose  and  plan  of  God.  God  saw 
not  the  worthiness  of  His  people  but  the  reproach  brought 
upon  His  own  name  by  their  unworthiness — even  the  pro- 
faning of  His  own  name  among  the  heathen.  In  other 
words  He  saw  the  terrible  need  and  declared  that  He  had 
lifted  up  His  hand  in  behalf  of  Israel  and  against  her  ene- 
mies.  Notice  also 

The  Thoroughness  of  This  Promised  Revival.  This 
thoroughness  was  to  be  shown,  first,  in  deep  re- 
pentance and  humility.  "Then  shall  ye  remember  your 
own  evil  ways  and  your  doings  which  were  not  good,  and 
shall  loathe  yourselves  in  your  own  sight  for  your  iniquities 
and  for  your  abominations.  (Verse  31.)  Moreover  this  re- 
vival was  to  be  a  holiness  revival.  Its  thoroughness  was 
shown  in  the  second  place  by  the  thorough  cleansing  of 
their  hearts  and  their  restoration  to  their  own  land,  the  land 
of  Canaan.  "For  I  will  take  you  from  among  the  heathen, 
and  gather  you  out  of  all  countries,  and  will  bring  you  into 
your  own  land.  Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water  upon 
you  and  ye  shall  be  clean:  from  all  your  filthiness  and 
from  all  your  idols  will  I  cleanse  you.  A  new  heart  also 
will  I  give  you  and  a  new  spirit  will  I  put  within  you :  and 
I  will  take  away  the  stony  heart  out  of  your  flesh  and  I 
will  give  you  a  heart  of  flesh."  (Verses  24-26),  Its  thor- 
oughness was  also  to  be  shown  by  its  permanent  results. 


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''And  I  will  put  my  spirit  within  you,  and  cause  yon  to 
walk  in  my  statues,  and  ye  shall  keep  my  commandments, 
and  do  them.  And  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  that  I  gave  to 
your  fathers  ;  and  I  will  call  for  the  corn,  and  will  increa  c 
it,  and  lay  no  famine  upon  you.  x\nd  I  will  multiply  the 
fruit  of  the  tree  and  the  increase  of  the  field,  that  ye  shall 
receive  no  more  reproach  of  famine  among  the  heathen." 
(Verses  27-30.)  And  in  the  fifth  place  I  ask  you  to  no- 
tice. 

The  Conditions  Upon  Which  This  Revival  Was  Prom- 
ised— as  shown  in  the  text  itself.  "I  will  yet  for  this  be 
enquired  of  by  the  house  of  Israel  to  do  it  for  them." 
rrayer,  then,  was  the  only  condition  named  on  the  human 
side  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  will  of  God  in  the  re- 
vival of  Israel. 

Now,  beloved,  in  harmony  with  these  points  to  which 
I  have  called  your  attention,  I  would  bring  to  you  the 
lesson  that  God  has,  as  1  said  before,  been  deeply  im- 
pressing upon  my  own  heart,  during  these  last  few  month^^. 

We  noticed  first  that  it  was  a  time  of  great  desolation 
in  Israel,  and  her  faith  had  no  claim  to  the  mercy  of  Go:l. 
S!ie  had  gone  away  from  His  service.  She  was  cold  and 
inditTerent,  bowing  down  to  false  gods.  By  the  chastening 
of  God.  all  her  lands  were  laid  waste  and  her  people  were 
carried  away  captive  into  Babylon.  We  read  that  the 
pro])het  was  to  speak  to  the  mountains  of  Israel,  as  if 
they  alone  were  left  to  hear  the  word  that  was  spoken. 

O  beloved,  you  may  draw  the  picture  as  dark  as  you 
choose  of  the  need  of  the  professed  church  to-day — of  her 
coldness,  her  indifference  her  worldliness,  her  idolatry. 
Still,  the  word  of    God  gives  you  ground  for  confidence 


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in  a  revival, — a  sweeping  revival  in  Israel.  ("Lord  help 
us  !") 

I  say  it  was  a  time  of  desolation.  God  always  has 
chastened  His  people,  when  disobedient.  I  presume  He 
always  will.  When  the  church  grows  cold  and  careless 
and  indifferent  to  any  degree;  when  to  any  degree  she  loses 
sight  of  the  glory  of  God  and  His  salvation — her  one  object 
and  cause  of  existence, — ^just  to  that  degree  God  withholds 
His  blessing  from  her.  This  was  a  time  of  famine — a  famine 
of  souls.  Beloved  !  What  is  this  cry  we  hear  to-day?  What 
is  the  message  we  read  in  nearly  every  Christian  paper? 
It  is  the  cry  that  we  need  a  revival.  This  cry  comes  from 
the  Episcopalians,  the  Presbyterians,  the  Baptists,  the 
Methodists,  the  Congregationalists.  We  read  this  mes- 
sage in  denominational  and  undenominational  papers. 
Ministers  in  their  conferences  and  their  presbyteries  are 
asking,  ''Why  is  the  church  with  all  its  power  and  all  its 
wealth  and  all  its  carefully  laict  plans  and  all  its  multiplied 
organization  making  so  little  real  progress?  Why  is  her 
membership  not  increased?  Why  is  she  not  accomplishing 
greater  results?  Why  are  her  members  being  carried 
away  in  captivity  to  worldliness  and  sin?  Why  are  the 
thousands  round  about  us  unmoved?  Why  will  they  not 
attend  our  services?  Why  can  the  Christian  church  not 
accomplish  in  the  evangelization  of  the  world  what  she 
accomplished  in  the  first  two  or  three  centuries  of  her 
existence?  Beloved,  what  is  all  this  but  an  acknov/ledg- 
ment  that  God  has  laid  a  famine  upon  us?  And  there  is 
a  cause !  God  has  not  laid  a  famine  upon  the  church  with- 
out cause  !  ("God  help  us  !").  Loving  her,  the  church,  as 
we  do,  we  are  compelled  to  acknowledge  to  some  extent — 
and  may  I  not  say  to  a  large  extent,  she  has  her  eyes  off 


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of  one  thing:  God  demands  the  salvation  of  those  about  her 
at  every  hazard,  at  every  cost !    ("Amen !") 

I  would  not  ignore  the  good  that  is  being  done.  I 
would  not  question  the  faith  of  the  weakest  of  God's  chil- 
dren, nor  fail  to  encourage  every  spark  of  grace  in  a  hu- 
man heart.  I  believe  there  never  was  a  time  when  I  was 
disposed  to  break  the  bruised  reed  or  quench  the  smoking 
flax.  But  are  we  to  be  satisfied  with  weakness  ?  Are  we 
in  our  love  for  the  church  to  overlook  her  worldliness, 
her  backslidings  ?  By  no  means  !  But  on  the  other  hand 
let  us  remember  God's  love  for  His  people  of  old,  and 
that  God  has  said  that  He  is  married  to  the  backslider. 
Let  us  remember  God's  infinite  tenderness  and  patience 
with  us  and  let  us  bear  in  mind  that  it  was  at  such  a 
time  as  this — yea,  truly  at  a  worse  time  than  this,  that 
God  declared  by  His  prophet,  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
that  He  would  send  a  revival.  So  I  believe  to-day  that 
God  has  given  to  those  who  are  taught  of  the  Spirit  a 
promise  of  glorious  and  sweeping  revival  in  the  professed 
church  of  God. 

And  that  our  faith  may  be  strengthened,  let  us  look 
in  the  right  direction.  Let  us  remember  that  this  revival 
had  its  beginning,  not  in  the  mind  of  the  church;  not  in 
the  minds  of  God's  people ;  not  in  the  minds  of  those 
sanctified  and  true,  but  in  the  mind  and  purpose  of  God, 
Himself.  Let  us  remember,  too,  that  God's  pur- 
pose to  grant  a  revival  was  not  brought  about  by 
the  faithfulness  and  spirituaHty  of  the  church  but  for 
the  glory  of  His  own  name  and  because  of  the  great  need. 
God  had  laid  a  famine  upon  Israel  but  that  famine  did 
not  bring  glory  to  God !  On  the  other  hand,  the  heathen 
only  profaned  His  name  the  more  because  of  it.  They  did 
not  comprehend  that  God  was  able  and  willing  to  bless 
and  prosper  His  people  as  of  old  and  was  onlv  chastening 


U0LINE88  ASSEMBLY, 


them  for  their  disobedience :  They  only  mocked  and  said, 
The  God  of  Israel  is  not  able  to  deliver  them  out  of  our 
hand. 

So  all  around  us  to-day  the  name  of  our  God  is  pro- 
faned and  souls  are  hindered  from  yielding  their  hearts 
to  Him  by  the  spiritual  famine  that  is  upon  us.  They 
do  not  see  that  we  are  being  punished  for  our  sin  and 
unbelief  but  they  say,  "There  is  nothing  in  the  religion 
of  ithe  Bible."  "Christian  experience  is  nothing  but  imagina- 
tion." "God  has  no  power  to  save  and  keep  from  sin 
and  build  up  His  people."  "Our  lives  are  as  good  as 
theirs  ("God  help  us").  Why  should  we  seek  after  their 
God?" 

O,  beloved,  this  is  the  saddest  part  of  all !  For  the 
church  to  suffer  is  only  just ;  but  through  this  famine  the 
very  name  of  our  God  is  reproached.  The  name  of  our 
mighty  Redeemer  is  profaned  in  all  the  heathen  world 
'round  about  us,  because  of  our  sin  and  need,  and  be- 
cause of  the  famine  God  has  placed  upon  us.  ("God, 
help  us !") 

O,  Beloved !  There  is  too  much  excuse,  there  is  too 
much  cause,  there  is  too  much  reason ;  when  the  men  of 
the  world  'round  about  us  say,  "I  do  not  believe  there  is 
a  man  that  lives  without  sin."  ("Amen!")  The  church 
of  the  living  God  ought  to  be  a  living  contradicition  to 
such  a  statement  as  that !  Surely  the  same  motive  which 
led  God  to  make  His  declaration  to  Israel,  will  lead  Him 
to  declare  in  this  day  that  He  will  send  a  revival.  It 
is  the  glory  of  His  own  bkssed  name  that  is  to  be  ac- 
complished in  such  a  revival  in  the  church  of  the  living- 
God!  ("Amen!")  And  if  we  ask  for  it  and  plead  for  it 
and  believe  for  it  on  this  ground,  we  shall  find  our  faith 
increasing  and  God  will  answer  our  prayers.    I  remember 


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at  one  itime  being  greatly  burdened  for  a  poor,  proud, 
wilful  backslider — a  man  whom  God  had  once  called  to 
preach  the  gospel  and  had  used  in  the  salvation  of  souls ; 
yet  he  had  wandered  so  far  from  God  that  he  had  gone 
into  spiritualism  and  sin  of  almost  every  kind.  For  about 
two  weeks  a  great  burden  of  prayer  was  upon  me ;  but  as 
I  saw  his  awful  pride  and  rebellion  and  hardness  of  heart 
my  faith  would  have  utterly  failed  had  not  the  Holy  Spirit 
prompted  the  cry  in  my  heart,  Lord,  for  Thine  own 
name's  sake,  save  that  precious  soul."  I  saw  the  evil  he 
was  doing — the  awful  reproach  he  was  bringing  upon  the 
cause  of  God  and  how  God  might  be  glorified  in  his  salva- 
tion and  with  that  cry — "For  Thine  own  name's  sake"  I 
was  enabled  to  prevail  and  that  poor  hardened,  sin-bound 
soul  was  brought  in  deepest  humility  to  the  foot  of  the 
cross;  every  sin  was  confessed  and  abandoned  and  deliv- 
erance and  salvation  came.  And  was  not  God  glorified 
in  his  salvation  more  than  in  his  bondage  and  condemna- 
tion? O  brother,  if  you  cannot  prevail  for  the  salvation 
of  souls  and  for  a  revival  in  any  other  way,  plead  the 
name  of  God  Himself — that  His  name  may  be  glorified. 

We  noticed  also  that  while  this  revival  w^as  to  begin  in 
the  mind  and  purpose  of  God,  it  was  to  bring,  what  every 
true  revival  always  brings,  heart  transformation.  We  have 
been  saying,  "U  the  people  will  only  repent,  God  will  have 
mercy;  if  people  would  come  to  the  fountain,  God  would 
send  His  blessing."  God  proposes  to  bring  His  people  to 
repentance!  I  believe  in  the  free-will  of  every  soul  that 
God  has  created;  but  I  believe  this  revival  is  to  come 
to  Israel  not  because  she  is  worthy,  but  because  God 
purposes  and  wills  it.  He  says,  "They  shall  be  willing  in 
the  day  of  my  power."  Sometimes  you  preachers  say  God 
can't  do  anything  until  people  are  willing.    I  say,  if  God 


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had  done  nothing  for  me  until  I  had  of  myself  come  to  a 
point  of  voluntary  and  unconditional  surrender,  I  would 
never  have  been  saved.  But  God  for  His  own  mercy's 
sake  wrought  in  my  heart  to  bring  me  to  heart-felt  re- 
pentance and  submission  to  Himself. 

God  can  and  will,  in  answer  to  prayer,  work  mightily 
upon  human  hearts  and  hear  and  answer  the  weakest  long- 
ing of  a  human  soul  after  Himself.  My  case  is  but  the 
experience  of  every  soul  that  is  converted.  God  will  not 
forgive  you  until  you  repent.  But,  if  you  haven't  grace 
enough  in  your  heart  to-day  to  repent,  you  have  a  right 
to  call  upon  God  to  move  your  soul  to  repentance,  and 
God  is  willing  to  answer  that  prayer.  ("Amen  V  )  I  know 
I  prayed  that  prayer  and  He  answered  it  mightily. 
[  remember  when  my  heart  went  out  after  God.  I  knew 
I  ought  to  realize  my  lost  condition.  I  knew  I  ought  to 
come,  above  everything  else,  to  seek  the  salvation  of  my 
soul,  yet  I  was  still  cold  and  careless,  until,  from  the 
depths  of  my  soul  there  came  a  prayer  prompted  by  the 
Holy  Spiri't  that  God  would  help  me,  and  He,  in  some 
way,  humbled  my  proud  heart  and  brought  me  where  I 
could  seek  Him  from  my  very  inmost  soul.  He  an- 
swered the  prayer  and  even  the  very  longing  of  my  soul. 
When  a  revival  comes  to  Israel,  the  depths  of  hearts  will 
be  broken  up  and  they  will  be  moved  to  repentance. 

God  doesn't  visit  Israel  with  His  chastenings,  and 
leave  her  in  that  condition.  That  is  not  God's  way.  He 
says,  after  He  comes  and  brings  her  back  into  her  own 
land,  then-  she  shall  reniember  her  own  evil  w^ays  and  her 
doings  that  were  not  good  and  shall  loathe  herself  in  .her 
own  sight  for  her  iniquities  and  for  her  abominations. 
Let. us  not  sa}'  then  that  when  the  church,  as  a  whole,  re- 
j>ents,  God  will  revive  his  work  but  that  when,  in  answer 
to  the  prayer  of  those  whom  God  can  use,  God  pours 


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out  His  Spirit  and  revives  His  work,  the  church  will  re- 
pent. Then  repentance  will  come.  God  will  see  that  it 
does  come.  God  alone  is  able  to  break  up  the  deep  of 
hearts  and  bring  them  down  in  the  very  depths  of  humility 
and  sorrow  for  their  coldness  and  their  indifference  and 
their  lack  of  faith  and  love  and  devotion. 

As  we  have  seen,  this  heart  transformation  included 
heart  cleansing  and  restoration  to  Canaan.  As  of  old, 
the  rightful  inheritance  of  the  church  is  purity  and  pros- 
perity.   He  wills  that  His  people  should  dwell  in  the 

"Land  of  corn  and  wine  and  oil, 
With  every  blessing,  blessed," 

and  in  working  and  praying  for  the  revival  God  promises, 

we  must  be  satisfied  with  nothing  less ! 

A  result  of  that  promised  revival  that  we  did  not  par- 
ticularly mention  was  that  the  waste  places  should  be 
built  up.  O  my  brother,  my  sister,  are  there  any  waste, 
any  desolate  places  in  our  land  to-day — places  that  ought 
to  be  built  up  and  occupied  by  the  church  of  the  living 
God  ?  Have  we  any  waste  places  in  Chicago  ?  Are  there  any 
churches  in  Chicago,  where  on  Sunday  morning  there  is  a 
congregation  occupying  a  few  seats  and  thousands  all 
around  them  going  down  to  an  eternal  hell  ?  These  waste 
places  are  not  only  in  Chicago,  but  all  over  this  land 
we  find  them — the  waste  places,  the  desolate  places.  God 
says  these  waste  places  shall  be  builded  up. 

We  have  been  limiting  the  power  of  our  God !  We 
have  been  looking  the  wrong  way.  God  says,  "I  will  build 
up  the  waste  places."  There  are  none  so  waste  but  that 
God  is  able  to  build  them  up  again.  There  is  no  wilder- 
ness so  desolate,  but  that,  under  God's  blessing,  it  will 
blossom  as  the  rose. 

God  help  us,  and  send  us  down  in  confusion  to-day, 
because  of  our  little  faith  and  love!    ("Amen!")    O,  be- 


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loved,  if  your  faith  is  small,  is  it  not  because  your  love 
is  so  small? 

Some  of  you  may  have  heart-aches  because  of  loved 
ones  out  of  Christ.  For  many  years  my  heart  has  never 
ceased  to  go  out  for' a  loved  one  back-slidden  from  God. 
I  have  cried  from  the  very  depths  of  my  soul  for  God  to 
bring  him  back.  I  never  think  of  him  without  praying 
for  him  and  I  have  never  given  him  up.  I  have  never 
let  go  of  my  hold  on  the  throne  of  God  in  his  behalf. 
T  know  he  is  fighting  against  God.  I  know  he  is  (so  far 
as  I  can  see)  going  farther  and  farther  away,  in  the  re- 
bellion of  his  soul,  from  the  God  that  once  saved  him. 
But  I  have  only  pled  for  him  the  more  earnestly,  ''Foe 
Thine  own  mercy's  sake !  For  Thine  own  name's  sake," 
spare  that  blood-bought  soul !  I  cannot  give  him  up !  I 
will  never,  never  give  him  up  so  long  as  God  in  His  mercy 
does  not  utterly  withdraw  the  Spirit's  aid  in  intercession. 
I  don't  expect  to  give  him  up,  until  God  brings  him  back, 
— a  broken  and  a  contrite  soul,  to  Jesus  Christ.  What 
has  given  me  that  faith?  It  is  the  love  back  of  it!  We 
have  given  up  people  too  easily.  We  have  given  up  pas- 
tors, when  they  fought  holiness.  We  have  given  up  broth- 
ers and  sisters  here  and  there.  Why?  Because  we  didn't 
have  faith ;  because  we  didn't  love  them  as  we  should, 
had  we  gone  down  in  humility  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  and 
cried  to  God  as  Christ  did  when  He  said:  "Father  for- 
give them,  for  they  know  not  what  they  do."  But  some  of 
you  say  that  those  cold-hearted  men  knew  what  they  were 
doing,  *and  that  they  had  had  the  light,  but  they  drove 
in  the  nails,  and  crucified  him.  In  a  sense  they  did ;  and 
if  Jesus  could  say  what  he  did  in  behalf  of  that  mob,  the 
Holy  Spirit  can  come  to  our  heart  and  say  it  in  behalf  of 
such  as  those  we  have  mentioned  that  sie'em  to  fight  against 
the  truth.    Then  before  you  cease  to  pray  for  any  soul 


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be  sure  that  that  soul  is  worse  than  the  members  of  that 
cruel  mob  that  rejected  the  Savior  and  cried  out,  "Crucify 
him,  crucify  him,"  for  doubtless  m.any  of  them  were  after- 
ward converted  in  answer  to  the  py;;ayer  of  Jesus. 

But  there  is  a  condition.  I  said  that  this  revival  started 
in  the  mind  and  purpose  of  God.  Glory  to  God !  I  be- 
lieve God  speaks,  some  times,  to  the  hearts  of  the  Children 
of  Israel,  as  He  spoke  in  olden  times  to  the  prophets. 
I  believe  He  has  been  telling  his  children  up  and  down 
our  land  in  places  of  prayer  that  He  will  build  up  the 
waste  places  and  send  a  revival  to  the  church ;  but  he  says  : 
"I  will  yet  for  this  be  inquired  of  by  the  house  of  Israel, 
'to  do  it  for  them."  The  very  first  thing  God  does  in  bring- 
ing about  a  revival  is  to  grant  an  especial  spirit  of  inter- 
cession for  such  a  revival  to  souls  that  are  moved  by 
the  burning  love  of  Jesus.  I  said  to  you,  beloved,  I 
believed  that  God  had  promised  it.  I  can't  tell  you  how 
God  has  moved  my  soul  the  last  few  months..  I  have 
been  just  a  little  worker  in  His  vineyard  for  a  number  of 
years.  I  love  the  holiness  movement,  and  holiness  people. 
I  want  to  live  and  die  with  them,  but  while  I  am  praying 
for  the  holiness  work  and  the  holiness  people  I  am  praying 
for  more  than  that.  For  months  an  agony  of  prayer  has 
taken  possession  of  my  inmost  being.  I  have  been  pray- 
ing for  this  assembly  but  not  for  this  alone.  I  have  been 
praying  for  the  denomination  of  which  I  am  a  member 
but  not  for  that  alone.  I  am  praying  for  a  revival  in  Israel 
a  revival  Hke  that  described  in  our  lesson  that  shall  be- 
gin in  the  church  and  sweep  through  the  church  and 
reach  out  to  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth. 

God  has  brought  us  together  for  a  purpose.  We 
are  here  in  obedience  to  the  calling  of  God  and  the  lead- 
ing of  His  Spirit.  We  are  here,  many  of  us  at  least, 
because  our  hearts  have  been  led  out  in  prayer  for  a 


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mighty  oitt-pouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit, — not  for  our  own 
sakes  but  that  we  might  be  better  fitted  to  be  used  of 
God  in  bringing  about  such  a  revival  as  we  have  been 
talking  about,  and  prayer  is  the  condition  God  has  given. 
If  God  has  sanctified  our  hearts,  it  is  not  because  He 
wanted  to  do  us  some  special  favor.  Jesus  said  that  it 
was  written  that  His  Father's  house  should  be  called  a 
house  of  prayer.  If  our  hearts  have  been  made  temples 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  it  is  that  the  Holy  Ghost  might  find 
in  us  a  place  to  pray, — might  find  in  us  instruments  that 
He  might  use  in  interceding  with  groanings  that  cannot 
be  uttered  for  the  accomplishment  of  God's  will  and  pur- 
pose in  the  salvation  of  others. 

God  will  hold  us  responsible  for  this  opportunity !  The 
very  heart  of  our  God  is  going  to  be  grieved  if  we  do  not 
get  down  lower  before  Him  than  we  have  ever  been  in 
the  past !  Great  responsibility  rests  upon  us  as  holiness 
workers — as  those  that  know  the  power  of  the  blood  of 
Jesus  and  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  God  will 
require  much  at  our  hands !  God  wants  to  use  the  holi- 
ness movement  and  to  use  it  gloriously  in  bringing  about 
a  revival  that  shall  take  away  the  reproach  that  is  upon 
the  church  and  bring  eternal  glory  to  our  Redeemer. 
O  beloved  !  God  commands  us  to  go  down  !  down  ! ! 
down ! ! !  in  the  unsearchable  love  of  God,  until  God  shall 
lift  us  up  and  move  us  out  and  carry  a  revival  of  pure 
and  undefiled  religion  all  over  this  land  of  ours.  (*'Amen !") 
May  God  help  us  for  His  name's  sake ! 

EXHORTATION  BY  BRO.  S.  B.  SHAW. 

I  want  everyone  to  look  at  that  Prayer  Roll  yonder. 
Somebody  has  faith  in  our  prayers.  Thousands  of  people 
are  looking  in  the  direction^  of  this  Assembly.  We  are 
here  to  consider  the  most  important  subject  this  side  of 


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heaven.  There  is  nothing  on  earth  better  than  hoHness ; 
there  is  nothing  better  in  heaven.  If  there  was  ever  a  time 
of  need  in  the  hohness  movement,  it  is  now ;  and  we  ought 
to  be  burdened  for  it  in  the  very  travail  of  our  souls. 
God  is  laying  this  conviction  and  burden  on  many  hearts. 
C'Amen  !")  This  travail  of  soul  is  becoming  common  among 
holiness  people,  and  there  is  a  conviction  throughout  the 
land  that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  the  greatest  revival  of  holiness 
the  world  has  everknown.  (''Amen!")  I  believe  it  is  theplan 
and  purpose  of  God  to  use  holiness  people  with  all  their 
faults,  failures  and  weaknesses,  because  they  are  the  best 
representatives  He  has.  (''Amen !")  God  wants  to  bring 
t.hem  together  as  He  brought  His  disciples  together  on 
the  day  of  Pentecost,  until  they  are  all  of  one  mind,  one 
heart,  and  one  accord,  in  one  place.  ("Amen!")  Then 
He  will  open  the  windows  of  heaven  and  send  down  an- 
other Pentecost.  One  of  our  brothers. has  a  book  "Back 
to  Pentecost."  That  is  what  we  want.  I  am  a  candidate 
for  the  altar.  I  believe  that,  instead  of  going  on,  we  need 
to  go  back,  back  to  Pentecost.  ("Amen !")  I  believe  we 
can  in  answer  to  prevailing  prayer,  have  a  repetition  of 
the  power  they  had  at  Pentecost.  Before  God  delivered 
the  people  from  Egyptian  bondage,  they  had  been  praying 
and  crying  to  God  for  deliverance.  They  had  been  hoping 
to  get  back  to  the  Promised  Land,  and  in  their  afBiction 
they  cried  with  an  unearthly  cry  and  unearthly  groanings. 
God  raised  up  a  man  to  lead  them  whose  faith  enabled 
them  to  withstand  the  Egyptian  army,  and  the  combined 
forces  of  earth  and  hell.  I  tell  you,  friends,  the  holiness 
movement  lacks  leadership.  There  is  more  for  me.  I 
am  going  to  the  altar.  If  we  get  near  enough  to  God  we 
shall  agree  touching  the  vital  points  of  this  work.  We 
need  to  get  where  God  can  indicate  His  own  chosen  lead- 
ers.   Do  you  know,  no  man  could  interfere  with  Moses 


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without  being  smitten  of  God?  When  they  did,  we  know 
how  God  afflicted  them.  With  all  this  talk  about  splits 
and  divisions  in  the  church  and  among  holiness  people,  we 
never  were  in  a  better  condition  for  a  revival  in  Israel. 

See  how  God  revealed  Himself  and  manifested  Him- 
self not  only  to  Moses  but  to  the  elders  of  Israel,  and  all 
the  elders  of  Israel  saw  the  will  of  God  in  the  choice  of 
that  man  as  their  great  leader.  When  they  got  to  the 
Red  Sea,  they  found  mountains  on  either  side,  the  Egyp- 
tian army  behind  them  and  the  Red  Sea  before  them ;  and 
their  faith  wavered.  They  doubted  God's  ability  or  will- 
ingness to  lead  them  through  the  difficulty.  They  found 
fault  with  Moses  and  reproached  him  and  talked  out  their 
doubts  and  unbelief.  Was  Moses  discouraged  ?  No  ! — but 
in  agony  of  spirit  he  fell  on  his  face  and  cried  to  God  all 
night.  He  never  got  off  his  face  until  God  said  to  him : 
*'Why  criest  thou  to  me?"  Some  of  us  speak  before  we 
get  through  crying  to  God.  ("That  is  so.")  The  trouble 
is,  we  don't  stay  on  our  face  long  enough,  or  until  we 
hear  from  God.  There  is  some  room  for  that  here.  We 
need  to  get  down  with  orre  mind,  one  heart  and  one  accord, 
before  God ;  and  wait  until  we  get  an  answer.  ("Amen !") 
We  need  to  get  on  our  faces  and  stay  there  until  we 
hear  from  God.  O,  that  God  would  bring  us  down  in 
order  that  He  might  bring  us  up !    ("Amen !") 

"And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Wherefore  criest 
thou  unto  me?  speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  go  forward."  You  know  the  result.  There  was  no 
power  that  could  stand  before  the  Israelites.  No  power 
can  stand  before  the  church  of  God,  when  He  says :  "Go 
forward."  When  we  get  low  enough  before  Him,  and 
close  enough  to  Him  with  our  cries  and  prayers,  He  will 
tell  us  to  go  forward.  ("Amen !")  How  many  have  faith 
in  Him  and  bless  Him  for  it?    How  many  say:  "I  am 


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going  down  !  down  ! !  down  ! ! !"  until  God  answers, 
'It  is  enough.'  After  God  sent  His  angel  to  Daniel,  he 
cried,  with  weeping,  unto  the  Lord  for  the  fulfillment  of 
the  covenant  revealed  to  him.  He  saw  that  the  time  had 
arrived  when  God  was  to  bring  his  people  out  of  bondage. 
He  cried,  wept  and  prayed  for  not  only  one  week,  but 
three  weeks.  He  afflicted  himself  for  twentv-one  days. 
He  confessed  the  weakness  of  his  people  and  their  iniquity, 
bewailing  their  sins  with  deep,  humility  of  spirit,  until 
God  sent  an  angel  to  tell  him  his  prayer  was  heard. 
Has  God  sent  us  an  angel  to  tell  us  that  our  prayers  are 
heard  ? 

The  Lord  wants  us  to  go  down  on  our  faces  and  cry 
with  an  unearthly  cry  until  His  work  shall  go  through. 
He  wants  to  give  a  revival  of  pure  and  undefiled  religion 
that  shall  spread  all  over  this  land.  (''Amen!") 

At  the  close  of  this  exhortation,  all  joined  in  singing  "When 
Israel  out  of  Bondage  Came"  and  a  large  portion  of  the  congrega- 
tion fell  on  their  knees.  Seekers  of  pardon  and  purity  wept  and 
prayed  for  themselves  andl  in  answer  to  the  united  cry  of  many 
hearts,  heaven  opened  and  the  glory  of  God  was  revealed.  Then 
followed  a  blessed  season  of  joyous  testimony  and  rousing  exhorta- 
tions given  in  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

7  :oo  P.  M.,  President  C.  J.  Fowler  in  the  chair. 

Sisters  Fannie  Ross  and  M.  E.  Palmer  of  Lincoln, 
Neb.,  (en  route  to  the  Afro-American  Holiness  Convren- 
tion  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,)  visited  the  Assembly,  and  Sister 
Ross  made  a  brief  address.  Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  moved  that 
the  Assembly  send  greetings  to  the  Afro-American  Con- 
vention in  session.  The  motion  was  carried  unanimously 
and  greetings  sent. 

Singing  by  the  congregation,  "Am  I  a  Soldier  of  the 
Cross  ?" 

Prayer,  led"  by  Bro.  Fowler. 


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TESTIMONIES. 

Bro.  James  Harris : — "I  praise  God  for  the  wonder- 
ful blessing  He  is  showering  down  in  my  soul.  I  thank 
God  that  His  full  salvation  satisfies." 

A  Sister:  *'The  fire  is  burning  on  the  altar  of  my 
heart.  The  song  of  my  heart  is :  'Nearer  my  God  to 
Thee.'  " 

Sister  Aura  Smith :  ''I  praise  the  Lord  for  this  holi- 
ness experience.  The  Lord  led  me  into  it  15  years  ago.  I 
found  it  was  just  the  thing  for  the  home  girl  and  just 
the  thing  for  the  school  girl.  The  Lord  has  given  me 
a  chance  to  test  it  under  a  variety  of  circumstances.  It 
fits  everything." 

A  Delegate :  *'I  praise  the  Lord,  not  only  for  a  nega- 
tive salvation  that  saves  from  sin,  but  a  positive  salva- 
tion that  fills  my  heart  with  love  for  God  and  love  for 
man." 

A  Delegate :  *'I  find  the  days  precious  and  the  way 
clear  and  glorious  as  I  walk  with  God." 

Bro.  Brushingham :  ''I  said  when  the  Assembly  came 
to  us  that  this  church  and  pastor  would  not  be  the  same 
after  having  this  privilege.  We  will  not  be  the  same,  but 
Christ  will  be  the  same  and  more  too,  as  far  as  we  are 
concerned.  I  thank  God  for  that  'more  too'  in  Jesus 
Christ.  Remember  us  here,  one  one  of  the  worst  streets 
in  Christendom,  right  down  in  the  midst  of  iniquity.  Pray 
for  us  here." 

Song,  by  Brother  and  Sister  Harris :  "Clinging  and 
Resting." 

Bro.  H.  Hunt:  "T  was  converted  in  1887,  during  the 
great  Murphy  campaign,  but  it  was  only  five  years  ago  this 
month,  in  Western  Ave.  Church  that  I  experienaed  the 
blessing  of  entire   sanctification.    It   was   through  the 


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preaching  of  Bro.  Carradine  that  I  first  had  this  -definitely 
placed  before  me,  and  I  found  that  there  was  a  remedy 
for  this  inbred  sin.  It  has  brought  peace  and  comfort  to 
my  soul."    ("Amen !") 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Deliverances  was 
read,  accepted,  and  ordered  taken  up  for  discussion  im- 
mediately after  the  opening  exercises  on  Friday  morn- 
ing. 

8:00  P.  M.,  Bro.  C.  J.  Fowler  presiding. 

Singing,  by  Bro.  and  Sister  Harris:  "They  Tell  Us 
of  a  City  Far  Up  in  the  Sky,"  and  "  I  Want  to  be  There, 
don't  You?" 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  C.  W.  RUTH. 
Text :  "There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to  them  which 
are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit. 
For  the  law  of  the  Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus  hath  made  me  free 
from  the  law  of  sin  and  death.  For  what  the  law  could  not  do,  in 
that  it  was  weak  through  the  flesh,  God,  sending  His  own  Son  in 
the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh  and  for  sin,  condemned  sin  in  the  flesh." 
(Rom.  8:1-3.) 

Sin  and  condemnation  are  inseparable.  Whoever  com- 
mits sin  is,  necessarily,  under  condemnation.  The  soul 
may  not  be  conscious  of  that  fact  all  the  while,  but  the 
truth  remains.  We  all  have  sinned;  hence,  all,  in  our 
unrenewed  condition,  are  under  condemnation. 

Some  have  supposed  that  condemnation  would  set  in 
with  the  judgment ;  that  is,  if  they  come  down  to  death  and 
judgment  overtake  them  in  their  sinfulness,  then  con- 
demnation would  set  in.  We  read  in  the  third  chapter 
and  eighteenth  verse  of  St.  John:  "He  that  believeth  on 
Him  is  not  condemned :  but  he  that  believeth  not  is  con- 
demned already."  Every  individual  under  the  sound  of 
my  voice  is  either  saved  now,  or  lost  now ;  a  child  of  God 
now,  or  a  child  of  the  devil  now  ;  pardoned  and  delivered 
from  guilt  now,  or  under  condemnation  and  the  sentence 


G.  A.  McLaughlin, 

Evanston,  111. 


MRS.  G.  A.  McLaughlin. 

Evanston,  111. 


C.  J.  \'i  )\\'i.FR 


E.  F.  WALKER, 
Greencastle,  Ind. 


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of  death  now.  Death  can  only  make  this  final.  I  mean 
to  say  that  all  death  has  to  do  with  our  eternal  destiny 
is  that  of  making  it  final  in  our  state  a«d  relationship 
toward  God.  If  any  man  here, — yea,  if  any  say  they  have 
not  sinned,  they  make  God  a  liar.  God  says  "All  have 
sinned  and  come  short  of  the  glory  of  God."  Hence,  I 
insist  that  all,  by  nature,  in  our  unrenewed  state,  are 
under  condemnation.  But  the  text  makes  mention  of  a 
relationship  where  there  is  freedom  from  condemnation. 
It  is  found  in  that  beautifully  chosen  and  select  phrase 
of  the  Apostle  :  "In  Christ  Jesus."  And  that  means  more 
than  assenting  to  the  truth.  That  means  more  than  sub- 
scribing to  sotne  credal  statement.  That  means  more 
than  simple  observance  of  rituals  and  ceremonies.  It 
means  a  personal  contact,  a  vital  union  with  Christ, 
even  as  the  branch  is  united  to  the  vine.  The  question 
arises:  How  may  I  know  I  am  in  Christ  Jesus?  I  shall 
give  a  proof  text:  (2  Cor.  5:  17)  "Therefore  if  any  man 
be  in  Christ,  he  is  a  new  creature:  old  things  are  passed 
away;  behold,  all  things  are  become  new."  Men  are 
inclined  to  modify  that  statement.  They  will  admit  that 
persons  coming  from  the  lower  walks  of  life  should  ex- 
perience a  change  of  this  nature,  but  you  people  who  are 
morally  good,  all  you  need  to  do  is  to  join  the  church, 
pay  your  dues,  do  a  little  better  and  not  expect  much 
change.  But  I  insist  that  you  should  know  when  this 
radical  transformation  takes  place,  by  the  grace  of  God. 
Any  man,  whether  he  be  a  big  or  little  sinner  (if  there 
be  a  distinction),  if  he  be  in  Christ,  he  should  know 
when  such  a  radical  change  was  wrought.  "Old  things  are 
passed  away;  behoM,  all  things  are  become  new."  Glory 
to  God!  I  contend  that  the  change  is  so  distinct  and 
radical  that  the  soul  will  come  to  the  consciousness  of  the 
fact.   You  will  know  when  that  takes  place.  ("Amen!") 


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I  am  glad  of  a  distinct  experience  along  this  line.  A  lit- 
tle girl  applied  to  a  church,  where  it  was  not  counted  the 
proper  thing  fo*  children  to  unite  and  be  taken  into  church 
fellowship  and  membership.  They  questioned  the  little 
thing,  because  she  was  of  such  a  tender  age.  They  said : 
''Why  do  you  want  to  join  the  church?"  She  said:  ''Be- 
cause I  am  a  Christian."  "How  do  you  know  you  are  a 
Christian?"  "Because  I  am  changed.  My  heart  has  been 
changed."  But  they  said :  "How  do  you  know  your  heart 
has  b'een  changed?"  That  was  pretty  close  cross-question- 
ing for  a  child.  "Well,"  she  said,  "If  my  heart  wasn't 
changed,  the  world  was ;  there  was  something  new ;  there 
was  something  changed."  ("Amen!")  It  was  even  so  in 
my  life,  blessed  be  God!  If  any  man  be  in  Christ,  this 
change  has  taken  place.  This  is  not  simply  reformation. 
It  is  something  far  beyond  that.  You  can  see  the  impor- 
tance of  maintaining  this  relation,  in  John  15:  6:  where 
the  Saviour  says :  "If  a  man  abide  not  in  me,  he  is  cast 
forth  as  a  branch,  and  is  withered ;  and  men  gather  them 
and  cas't  them  into  the  fire,  and  they  are  burned."  Some  one 
will  say :  "Yes,  I  knew  of  that  change,  of  that  transforma- 
tion, many  years  ago."  Let  us  bring  it  to  the  present 
tense.  Do  you  still  maintain  that  union  at  this  hour  of  the 
ninth  day  of  May,  1901  ?  We  read  (?)  in  i  John,  3:  6, 
"Whosoever  abideth  in  Him  sinneth  every  day  in  thought, 
word  and  deed"  ("No,  sir !  No,  sir !") — Excuse  me,  that 
is  according  to  the  unauthorized  version.  (Laughter). 
The  correct  reading  is :  "Whosoever  abideth  in  Him  sin- 
neth not."  ("Amen!")  Do  you  see  the  connection? 
"There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to  them  that 
are  in  Christ,"  being  saved  from  sin.  Blessed  be  God! 
("Amen !") 

The  man  who  contends  and  insists  that  he  is  a  Chris- 
tian and  yet  is  sinning  every  day  in  thought,  word  and 


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deed,  as  we  frequently  hear  it  stated  and  openly  con- 
fessed, —  is  either  woefully  deceived,  or  an  abominable 
hypocrite.  No  man  can  be  a  Christian  and  a  sinner  at  the 
same  time.  ('*Amen !")  A  sinner  is  one  who  sins,  be  he  in 
the  church  or  out  of  the  church.  ("Amen !")  Whoso- 
ever is  born  of  God  does  not  commit  sin.  He  that  com- 
miteth  sin  is  of  the  devil.  ''For  this  purpose  the  Son 
of  God  was  manifested,  that  He  might  destroy  the  works 
of  the  devil."  "Thou  shalt  call  His  name  Jesus,  for  He 
shall  save  his  people  from  their  sins." 

Friends,  if  a  man  is  not  saved  from  sin,  from  what  is 
he  saved  ?  ("Sure  enough !")  What  is  his  religion  good 
for  ?  He  could  do  that  without  a  spark  of  religion !  The 
truth  is,  the  lowest  plane  on  which  a  man  can  be  saved  at 
all,  is  deliverance  from  all  outer  sin.  ("Yes.  That  is 
right !")  We  are  frequently  misunderstood  and  misrepre- 
sent'ed  here.  It  is  urged  that  these  holiness  people  are 
preaching  sanctification  in  order  to  have  people  cease 
from  sinning.  Good  old-fashioned  repentance  will  bring 
you  to  the  abandonment  of  sin.  A  repentance  that  does 
not  carry  with  it  the  abandonment  of  sin  is  a  farce,  a 
delusion  and  a  humbug.  You  may  sign  your  name  to  a 
creed,  join  a  meeting  house,  train  with  the  gang,  and 
call  it  religion,  but  you  don't  know  the  a,  b,  c's  of  religion, 
unless  you  know  what  it  is  to  forsake  sin. 

The  emphatic  word  in  the  text  is  the  word  "There- 
fore." "There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation."  You 
see  the  text  is  the  suniming  up.  It  is  the  conclusion  of  a 
line  of  thought  that  has  gone  before.  The  question 
naturally  presents  itself :  What  are  the  premises  ?  How 
does  he  arrive  at  this  conclusion? — "There  is  therefore 
now  no  condemnation."  This  couples  the  text  to  the 
preceding  chapter.  In  viewing  the  preceding  chapters  we 
may  better  understand  the  line  of  thought.    The  first 


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chapter,  reVeals  God's  hatred  of  and  attitude  towards  sin. 
Take  the  second  chapter,  and  you  find  it  says  sin  is  "inex- 
cusable." You  see  God  allows  no  excuse  for  sin.  The 
third  chapter  teaches  the  universality  of  sin.  The  fourth 
chapter  teaches  justification  by  faith,  showing  how  Abra- 
ham was  justified  and  saved  through  faith.  Faith  was 
accounted  to  him  for  righteousness.  We  have  the  sum- 
ming up  of  the  fourth  chapter  in  the  first  verse  of  the 
next  chapter:  ''Therefore  b-eing  justified  by  faith,  we 
have  peace  with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 
The  fifth  chapter  shows  the  result  of  the  disobedience  of 
Adam  and  Eve  in  the  Garden  of  Eden,  the  entailment 
of  sin  and  death  upon  the  race  through  the  disobedience  of 
Adam.  In  the  concluding  verse  of  this  chapter  He  speaks 
of  abounding  grace.  In  the  sixth  chapter,  as  though  he 
would  anticipate  the  repression  theory,  he  says :  "What 
shall  we  say  then?  Shall  we  continue  in  sin?"  Is  that 
the  idea  of  the  abounding  grace  of  God?  "God  forbid. 
How  shall  we  that  are  dead  to  sin  live  any  longer  there- 
in?" 

He  calls  attention  to  God's  method  of  dealing  with 
inbred  sin  in  the  sixth  verse :  "Knowng  this  that  our  old 
man  is  crucified  with  him,  that  the  body  of  sin  might 
be  destroyed,"  not  suppressed,  "that  henceforth  we  should 
not  serve  sin."  In  the  twenty-second  verse,  he  sums  up 
by  saying:  "But  now  being  made  free  from  sin,  and  be- 
come servants  to  God,  ye  have  your  fruit  unto  holiness, 
and  the  end  everlasting  life."  Did  you  ever  discover  that 
passage  in  your  Bible?  I  admit  that  my  Bible  is  one  of 
those  holiness  Bibles!  ("Amen!")  It  is  so  announced 
on  the  outside  of  my  Bible.  This  verse  I  have  quoted 
says  "now,"  not  in  death  or  in  purgatory,  but  "now  being 
made  free  from  sin."    ("Amen !") 

Then  we  come  to  the  seventh  chapter,  which  precedes 


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the  verses  of  the  text.  I  do  not  propose  to  interpret  this 
chapter  for  everyone  here,  but  I  do  propose  to  tell  yon 
what  I  believe  about  that  chapter — the  sieventh  of  Ro- 
mans. God  never  intended  that  you  and  I  should  live  in 
the  seventh  chapter  of  Romans.  (''Amen!")  I  believe 
if  you  would  take  your  testament  and  turn  to  that  chapter, 
you  would  find  the  key  to  the  chapter  in  the  first  verse : 
"Know  ye  not,  brethren,  (for  I  speak  to  them  that  know 
the  law),"  ("That's  it !")  "How  that  the  law  hath  domin- 
ion over  a  man  as  long  as  he  livetl" .  For  the  woman  which 
hath  an  husband  is  bound  by  the  law  to  her  husband  so 
long,  as  he  liveth :  but  if  the  husband  be  dead,  she  is 
loosed  from  the  law  of  her  husband."  "Wherefore,  my 
brethren,  ye  also  are  become  dead  to  the  law  by  the  body 
of  Christ;  that  ye  should  be  married  to  another."  What 
is  the  import  of  this?  What  is  the  thought?  You  will 
note  that  he  is  speaking  of  law.  He  calls  attention  to  the 
powfer  of  the  law,  and,  second,  to  the  duration  of  the  law. 
Then  he  preaches  the  second  blessing.  He  says  they  are 
to  be  married  to  another.  Marriage  cannot  be  construed 
to  symbolize  the  new  birth.  There  must  be  birth  before 
matrimony  ensues.  Some  insist  that  they  were  married 
at  the  same  time  they  were  born.  It  was  not  so  in  my 
case.  ("Amen  !" — Laughter.)  This  is  certainly  just  as  true 
in  the  spiritual  domain  as  in  the  natural.  There  must 
be  a  spiritual  being, — a  spiritual  existence,  before  this 
text  could  apply. 

Then  he  proceeds,  beginning  with  the  ninth  verse,  to 
give  his  experience  in  connection  with  the  law.  Here, 
we  have  a  testimony  that  has  become  so  common.  People 
rise  and  say :  "Brethren  and  sisters,  I  am  like  good  old 
Paul."  I  never  hear  that  but  what  I  am  startled.  (Laugh- 
ter.) I  turn  to  hear  what  it  is  he  has  done.  I  listen  with 
all  the  ears  I  have,  only  to  hear  him  say :  "I  am  like  good 


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old  Paul,  *for  the  good  that  I  would  do,  I  do  not:  but  the 
evil  which  I  would  not,  that  I  do.  O  wretched  man  that 
T  am!  who  shall  deliver  me  from  the  body  of  this  death?'  " 
I  say,  "Is  that  the  best  good  old  Paul  had?"  I  confess 
I  had  a  more  exalted  opinion  of  good  old  Paul.  Paul  used 
that  language. 

''For  that  which  I  do  I  allow  not :  for  what  I  would, 
that  do  I  not;  but  what  I  hate,  that  do  L  If  then  I  do 
that  which  I  would  not,  I  consent  unto  the  law  that  it  is 
good." 

Well,  Paul!  What  is  the  difficulty?  The  difficulty 
apparently  is  not  in  the  law.   Then  what  is  the  difficulty? 

''For  the  good  that  I  would,  I  do  not :  but  the  evil 
which  I  would  not,  that  I  do." 

Is  that  the  best  thing  we  can  promise  to  men  to-day? 

In  the  next  verse  he  tells  us :  "It  is  no  more  I  that 
do  it,  but  ain  that  dwelleth  in  me."  What  sin  dwelleth  in 
him?  You  see  he  recognizes  the  presence  of  indwelling 
sin.  The  sin  committed  may  be  repented  of  and  forgiven, 
but  He  cannot  ask  us  to  repent  for  being  born  into  this 
world  with  sinful  tendencies,  or  what  is  termed  in  the  Scrip- 
tures as  the  "old  man,"  "the  law  of  sin,"  "the  flesh,"  spoken 
of  as  original  sin,  as  inbred  sin,  the  Adamic  nature,  etc.  I 
submit  that  God  cannot  forgive  inbred  sin.  I  cannot  re- 
pent for  something  that  I  have  not  done.  ("Amen !")  Here 
is  something,  not  a  result  of  your  volition, — something 
born  within  you.  We  do  declare,  however,  and  love  to 
publish  to  the  world  that  there  is  efficacy  and  power  in 
the  blood  of  Jesus  to  wash  and  cleans'e  that  out  of  your 
heart.  Glory  be  to  God  !  ("Amen  !")  Said  a  man,  in  a 
meeting  I  was  holding  some  time  ago,  "When  God  for- 
gave my  sins,  He  forgave  all  of  them.  God  didn't  do  any 
half-way  work."  That  is  true :  He  will  forgive  every  sin 
you  ever  committed. 


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Regeneration  and  justification  consist  of  four  com- 
plete works  within  themselves,  and  is  no  half-way  work. 

1.  The  pardon  of  every  sin  you  ever  committed. 

2.  It  comprehends  the  washing  of  regeneration, 
cleansing  from  the  acquired  pollution  resultant  from  your 
sin. 

3.  The  quickening, — the  impartation  of  new  life. 

4.  The  adoption  into  the  family  of  God,  and  receiv- 
ing the  Spirit  of  adoption,  "whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Fath- 
er." 

These  four  things  take  place  when  a  soul  is  converted 
to  God.  When  God  converted  you  He  did  a  complete 
work.  One  reason  He  did  not  sanctify  us  at  conversion 
is  that  we  had  not  realized  our  need  of  it.  But  we  had 
not  gone  long  before  we  became  painfully  conscious  of 
this  thing,  the  sin  that  dwelt  in  us.  It  matters  not  what 
your  theory  is,  what  your  persuasion  or  what  your  denom- 
ination, after  you  were  soundly  converted,  you  never  went 
any  great  length  of  time,  until  you  came  across  something 
within  you  that  gave  you  trouble.  The  manifestations  of 
inbred  sin  are  so  varied,  it  is  hard  to  locate  them.  With 
some,  it  is  ill-temper ;  with  some  fear,  or  pride ;  with  oth- 
ers jealousy;  with  others  "prone  to  wander.  Lord  I  feel 
it."  All  of  these  are  manifestations  of  indwelling  sin, 
and  you  have  had  some  of  these  manifestations  after  you 
were  converted.  I  needed  no  holiness  teacher  to  tell  me 
that  I  needed  another  experience  after  I  was  converted. 
I  had  such  a  "sky-blue"  conversion  that  Satan  could  not 
make  me  doubt  that  I  was  converted  through  and  through. 
("Amen !")  Glory !  I  was  a  new  creature !  But  I  don't 
need  to  tell  you  that  after  I  was  converted,  that  uprising, 
man-fearing  spirit  still  belonged  to  me ;  and  that  there 
was  something  in  my  heart  I  knew  ought  not  to  be  there. 
I  was  distressed.    I  wept  bitterly.    I  asked  God  to  help 


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me.  I  didn't  know  what  it  was,  but  I  knew  it  was  some- 
thing contrary  to  my  new  life.  This  is  the  thing  Paul 
speaks  of.  He  says :  "Now  if  I  do  that  I  would  not,  it  is  no 
more  I  that  do  it,  but  sin  that  dwelleth  in  me."  There 
is  then  such  a  thing  as  sin  dwelling  in  you.  He  says :  The 
law  is  all  right.  I  delight  in  the  law,  but  there  is  some- 
thing in  me  that  is  not  subject  to  the  law.  He  says :  "I 
see  another  law  in  my  members  warring  against  the  law 
of  my  mind,  and  bringing  me  into  captivity  to  the  law  of 
sin  which  is  in  my  members."  But  is  there  no  deliverance? 
Hear  him :  "I  thank  God,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord." 
Here  is  the  answer:  It  is  deliverance  in  Christ. 

Then  look  at  the  eighth  chapter  and  second  verse : 
"For  the  law  of  the  Spirit  of  Hfe  in  Christ  Jesus  hath 
made  me  free" — free  from  what?  From  condemnation? 
("No,  sir !")  Free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death.  Where  ? 
"In  my  members."  What  did  this  "law  of  sin"  do?  It  led 
him  captive;  hence  he  was  coming  under  condemnation. 
But  "what  the  law  could  not  do,  God  s^nt  His  Son  to  do." 
Beginning  with  the  ninth  verse  He  gives  his  experience 
in  connection  with  the  law,  and  noting  the  weakness  of  the 
law  then  tells  us  what  the  law  failed  to  accomplish  God 
sent  his  Son  to  do. 

What  is  the  difficulty  with  all  law  ?  The  law  may  pro- 
hibit and  prevent  a  crime  in  the  overt  act.  But  the  law 
cannot  eradicate  the  tendency  to  commit  the  crime.  There 
was  the  trouble  with  the  old  law.  In  Hebrews  7:  11,  we 
read :  "If  therefore  perfection  were  by  the  Levitical  priest- 
hood (for  under  it  the  people  received  the  law,)  what 
further  need  was  there  that  another  priest  should  rise  after 
the  order  of  Melchisedec,  and  not  be  called  after  the 
order  of  Aaron?"  And,  again,  in  the  nineteenth  verse: 
"For  the  law  made  nothing  perfect :  but  the  bringing  in 
of  a  better  hope  did :  by  the  which  we  draw  nigh  unto 
God."  "Wherefore  He  is  able  to  savfe  them  to  the  utter- 


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most  that  come  unto  God  by  Him,  seeing  He  ever  livetli 
to  make  intercession  for  them." 

The  law,  in  itself,  had  no  power  to  eradicate  or  elimi- 
nate the  sin  that  dwelt  within.  Certainly  men  were  for- 
given and  had  pardon,  the  remission  of  sins  under  the 
former  covenant.  If  this  remission  of  sin  is  the  best  that 
comes  under  the  new  dispensation,  what  advantage  have 
we  over  the  foKner  dispensation?  The  Old  Testament 
stands  for  justification.  The  text  says,  in  the  third  verse : 
"For  what  the  law  could,  not  do,  in  that  it  was  weak 
through  the  flesh,  God,  sending  His  own  Son  in  the  like- 
ness of  sinful  flesh  and  for  sin  condemned  sin  in  the 
flesh." 

The  law,  itself,  does  not  carry  with  it  the  power  to 
eradicate  inbred  sin. 

Some,  looking  through  the  types  and  shadows  by 
faith,  saw  the  Lamb  that  was  slain  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world.  They  were  saved  on  credit,  looking  forward 
to  this  realization  which  we  have  in  reality  'to-day, — the 
cleansing  from  all  sin. 

Brethren,  what  the  law  could  not  do,  in  that  it  was' 
weak,  God  sent  His  Son  to  do.  God  sent  His  Son  to 
eradicate  inbred  sin.  "For  the  law  of  the  Spirit  of  life 
in  Christ  Jesus  hath  made  me  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and 
death." 

Since  he  declares  he  has  been  made  "free,"  I  will 
ask  Paul  to  take  the  witness  stand  again  and  tell  us  how 
it  is  now.  (Romans  8 :  37 :)  "Nay,  in  all  these  things,  we 
are  more  than  conquerors,  through  Him  that  loved  us." 
There  is  no  more  of  his  doing  the  things  he  ought  not 
to,  making  crooked  paths,  and  wanting  prayers  that  he 
might  continue.  If  I  were  living  in  the  seventh  chapter 
of  Romans,  I  would  move  over  into  the  eighth.  ("Amen !") 

I  was  casting  about  for  an  illustration  of  being  "more 
than  conqueror"  and  this  occurred  to  me  in  the  life  of 


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David.  He  had  been  tending  his  father's  sheep,  and  went 
over  where  the  battle  was  going  on,  and  there  was  a 
certain  giant  holding  the  Israelites  at  bay,  and  defying 
them,  and  they  all  seemed  frightened  to  death  about  the 
Honorable  Mr.  Goliath !  So  David  made  a  challenge  to 
Goliath,  and  Goliath  said :  ''Come  to  me,  and  I  will  give 
thy  flesh  unto  the  fowls  of  the  air  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field."  Goliath  came  swinging  his  spear  and  making  his 
boast.  I  fancy  that  I  can  almost  see  him,  for  I  have  met 
some  of  his  kins-folk.  David  didn't  stop  to  argue  the  sci- 
ence or  the  philosophy  of  the  matter.  You  will  rem'ember 
as  he  passed  the  brook  with  his  grip  (knapsack  or  haver- 
sack, the  thing  he  carried)  he  stooped  and  gathered  five 
smooth  stones,  and  slips  down  to  where  Goliath  is,  swings 
back  his  sling,  gets  in  a  center  shot,  and  Mr.  Goliath  turns 
up  his  toes.  David  had  enough  ammunition  left  to  kill 
four  more  like  him !  He  was  ''more  than  conqueror." 
("Amen!")  He  didn't  bring  him  down  simply  with  his 
last  shot.  That  is  the  thought  in  this  experience.  It  places 
you  where  you  don't  get  through  "by  the  skii)  of  your 
teeth,"  but  you  have  grace  enough  and  some  to  spare. 

When  God  sanctified  you,  your  up  and  down  experi- 
ence came  to  an  end. 

I  have  confidence  in  the  brethren  here  in  this  Assem- 
bly. I  want  to  tell  you  what  they  are  saying.  They  are 
saying  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as  the  second  blessing; 
that  after  our  sins  are  forgiven,  there  is  left  in  the  heart, 
original  sin.  Then  they  come  again  and  ask  God  to  take 
that  out  of  the  heart,  and  the  blood  of  Jesus  does  that.  I 
want  to  ask  if  there  are  any  witnesses  here  to  that  fact. 

Bro.  Fowler:  "I  can  say  that  He  did  it  for  me." 

Do  you  mean  to  say  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as  a 
second  experience,  after  your  sins  are  pardoned? 

Bro.  Fowler;  "Yes." 


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And  that  this  inbred  sin  can  be  suppressed  and  held 
down? 

Bro.  Fowler  :  ''No,  sir  !"    Several  voices  :  "No  !" 
Do  you  mean  to  say  that  this  inbred  sin  can  be 
cleansed  out  of  the  heart? 
Bro.  Fowler:  ''Yes,  sir." 

I  would  like  to  know  if  there  are  any  witnesses  to  this 

fact. 

Bro.  Fowler :  "Here  is  one.   God  did  that  for  me." 
Do  you  mean  to  tell  this  congregation  that,  after  you 
were  converted,  you  grew  into  this  ? 
Bro.  Fowler:  "No,  sir." 

Do  you  mean  to  say  that  after  your  sins  were  forgiven 
and  God  had  accepted  you,  you  were  still  conscious  of 
inbred  sin  in  your  heart? 

Bro.  Fowler :  "Yes,  sir.'* 

And  you  asked  him  to  cleanse  that  out  of  your  heart, 
and  He  actually  did  that  ? 
Bro.  Fowler:  "Yes,  sir." 

Then  you  got  this  second  experience,  as  a  second 
definite  work  in  your  heart? 
Bro.  Fowler :  "Yes,  sir." 

We  have  plenty  of  witnesses  here.  I  want  all  who  have 
that  experience  to  raise  their  hands.  (Scores  if  not  hun- 
dreds of  hands  went  up  in  response). 

After  the  sermon,  the  invitation  was  given,  and  fifteen  seekers 
came  forward,  and  a  large  number  gathered  with  them  about  the 
altar  in  prayer  and  supplication. 

Friday,  May  10. 

MORNING  SESSION. 
8:00  A.  M.,  People's  Meeting  led  by  Bro.  E.  F.  Walk- 
er. 

9 :30  A.  M.,  The  President,  C.  J.  Fowler  in  the  chair. 
Prayer  led  by  Bro.  A.  Sergeant :  "O,  Lord,  we  are 
here  as  Thy  children.  We  are  here  in  the  interest  of  Thy 


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cause.  We  are  here  as  co-workers  with  Thee  in  the 
building  of  the  Kingdom  of  Thy  Son  here  in  this  present 
world,  and  we  pray  that  Thou  wilt  give  us  a  double  por- 
tion of  Thy  Spirit.  Give  us  wisdom  that  comes  from  heav- 
en. Take  control  of  every  heart.  May  everything  that 
is  said  and  done,  be  with  an  eye  single  to  Thy  glory. 

We  pray  Thee  that  Thy  blessing  may  rest  upon  every 
member  of  this  Assembly.  May  our  hearts  be  united  and 
knit  together  in  the  bonds  of  perfect  love.  May  nothing 
come  in  by  any  way  or  means  to  distract,  or  take  our 
minds  and  hearts  away  from  Thee. 

God  bless  this  meeting.  God  bless  the  President  of 
this  Assembly.  Give  him  wisdom  as  from  above,  that 
he  may  do  everything  to  Thy  glory;  and  Thy  name  shall 
have  the  praise  forever.  Amen." 

Following  the  order  of  the  day,  the  Report  of  the 
Committee  on  Deliverances,  was  taken  up,  and  was  adopt- 
ed by  a  unanimous  standing  vote.  This  report  will  be 
found  under  the  heading,  "Holiness  Assembly  General 
Address." 

The  President,  by  order  of  the  Assembly,  appointed 
the  following  Committee  on  the  Publication  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Assembly: 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw,  Chairman. 

Sister  Sarah  A.  Cooke,  Chicago,  111. 

Sister  Kent  White,  Denver,  Colo. 

Sister  Charlotte  Dudman,  Chicago,  111. 

Sister  M.  J.  Harris,  Evanston,  111. 

Sister  Hattie  Livingston,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Sister  Etta  E.  Shaw,  Chicago,  111. 

On  motion,  the  Chair  was  authorized  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  three  to  have  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  Deliverances  published  in  pamphlet  form  in  time  for 
distribution  on  Saturday,  if  possible,  the  expense  of  pub- 
lishing: same  to  be  paid  out  of  the  General  Assembly  Fund. 


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The  Chair  appointed  the  following  persons  as  such  com- 
mittee:  Bros.  Geo.  A.  McLaughlin,  S.  B.  Shaw  and  A.  L. 
Whiitcomb. 

Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  moved,  and  the  motion  prevailed, 
that  the  Ass'embly,  by  a  rising  vote,  show  its  appreciation 
for  the  great  sacrifice  and  labors  of  Bro.  George  Hughes 
and  Bro.  and  Sister  S.  B.  Shaw  by  which  the  Assembly  was 
made  possible  and  successful. 

The  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods  made  its  sec- 
ond report,  which  was  accepted  by  the  Assembly,  and  final 
action  deferred,  while  a  portion  of  the  report  went  back 
to  the  committee  for  further  revision.  At  this  juncture, 
Bro.  Fowler  left  for  the  East,  and  Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  took 
the  chair.  The  Committee  to  nominate  the  members  of  a 
"Committee  on  Preparation,"  as  provided  for  in  the  Re- 
port on  Permianent  Methods,  made  the  following  nomin- 
ations :  Bros.  C.  J.  Fowler,  Massachusetts,  J.  McD.  K^rr, 
Canada,  A.  M.  Hills,  Texas,  P.  F.  Bresee,  California,  H. 
C.  Morrison,  Kentucky,  Geo.  M.  Morse  of  Connecticut, 
and  A.  L.  Whitcomb,  Illinois. 

A  set  of  resolutions  was  presented  to  the  Assembly 
by  Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor,  on  the  subject  of  Prohibition,  and 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods. 

An  expression  of  fraternal  sympathy  from  Bro.  B.  R. 
Jones,  a  General  Superintendent  of  the  Free  Methodist 
Church  was  received  and  read  by  Bro.  W.  T.  Hogue. 

A  letter  of  greeting  from  Bro.  J.  B.  Atkins  of  Ireland 
was  read  and  Bro.  Geo.  Hughes  I'ed  the  Assembly  in  pray- 
er in  behalf  of  this  brother  and  of  Ireland.  On  motion, 
Bro.  Hughes  was  authorized  to  reply  to  said  letter  on  be- 
half of  the  Assembly. 

The  Assembly  thereupon  listened  to  reports  from  dif- 
ferent sections,  as  follows : 

Sister  M.  J.  Harris  of  Evanston,  111. :  "I  truly  praise 
the  lyord  for  the  privilege  of  being  in  this  Assembly  and 


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for  the  blessings  which  the  Lord  has  bfeen  pouring  on  my 
heart.  We  have  had  a  hard  winter's  work,  and  I  was 
tired  when  I  came  here,  but  the  Lord  is  resting  me  as  I 
go  along.  This  has  been  the  most  wonderful  winter,  with 
ns,  in  all  our  lives.  At  a  series*of  meetings  at  Wabash, 
Ind.,  the  Lord  permitted  us  to  see  more  than  700  souls 
either  reclaimed  or  gloriously  sanctified,  ("Praise  the 
Lord !")  I  find  the  people  just  as  hungry  as  ever,  and 
when  the  truth  is  presented  rightly,  they  are  ready  to  re- 
ceiv'e  it.  I  am  glad  that  the  doors  are  not  closed  against 
us,  as  we  walk  in  the  light  and  present  the  doctrine  as  it 
ought  to  be.  ("Amen !")  We  do  not  find  it  so.  We  have 
three  calls  where  we  can  fill  one.  At  the  last  conference 
we  attended,  we  received  enough  calls  to  occupy  our  time 
for  three  years. 

My  soul  is  on  the  wing  for  Christ,  and  I  am  expect- 
ing this  to  be  our  greatest  summer,  as  last  winter  was 
our  greatest  winter.  I  praise  God  for  the  advancement 
we  are  making  in  the  holiness  cause."    ("Amen !") 

Bro.  J.  M.  Dustman  of  Urbana,  Ind. : — "I  heartily 
appreciate  your  kindness  in  permitting  me  to  have  a  place 
in  your  proceedings.  The  Lord  is  wonderfully  blessing 
the  work  in  my  part  of  the  country.  We  have  five  or  six 
camp  meetings  in  the  Northern  District  of  Indiana,  which 
bring  five  or  six  hundred  souls  a  year  to  Christ  for  par- 
don and  entire  sanctification.    We  ask  your  prayers. 

Benediction,  pronounced  by  Bro.  A.  McLean. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

2  :oo  P.  M.,  Bro.  E.  F.  Walker,  presiding. 

After  a  word  of  prayer  by  Bro.  Hiram  Ackers,  the    ' ' 
Assembly  proceeded  with  a  continuation  of  presentations 
of  holiness  literature  and  schools  as  follows : 

Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor  came  forward  as  proxy  for  Bro.  H. 
C.  Morrison,  representing  "The  Pentecostal  Herald"  (16 


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pp.,  Louisville,  Ky.,) — Assistant  Editor,  Bro.  H.  B.  Cock- 
rill.  Bro.  Taylor  stated,  that  the  paper  was  always  filled 
with  original  holiness  articles,  and  had  a  staf¥  of  editorial 
writers.  He  also  call^ed  attention  to  ''The  Pestecost  Cen- 
tury," having  reached  No.  4  of  Vol.  i,  and  spoke  of  the 
efforts  through  its  columns  in  behalf  of  Cuba.  Bro.  Tay- 
lor mentioned  also  the  fact  that  this  firm  had  issued  a 
number  of  books  and  tracts  along  holiness  lines. 

Bro.  J.  S.  McGeary  of  Greenville,  111.,  spoke  briefly 
of  the  College  of  the  Free  Methodist  Church  located  at 
Greenville,  111.,  describing  its  pleasant  location.  Bro.  Mc- 
Geary confined  himself  to  the  Theological  Department, 
devoted  to  the  training  of  students  for  the  work  of  God, 
''its  faculty  being  devoted,  sanctified,  Christian  men,  and 
holiness  being  represented  in  the  coll'ege  365  days  in  ihe 
year." 

Bro.  Thomas  H.  Nelson  presented  the  "Pentecost 
Herald,"  (8  pp.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,)  of  which  he  is  Asso- 
ciate Editor,  and  Mrs.  Flora  B.  Nelson,  Editor.  Bro.  Nel- 
son stated  that  it  contained  "red-hot  articles  along  Scrip- 
tural holiness  lines,"  and  called  brief  attention  to  his  books 
"Marvels  in  Metaphor,"  "The  Midnight  Cry,"  and  book 
of  songs  "Garden  of  Spices." 

Col.  F.  E.  Peck  of  Button,  Mich.,  represented  "The 
Herald  of  Salvation,"  (8  pp.,  Mount  Pleasant,  Mich.,)  the 
organ  of  the  Crusaders,  which  has  its  department  for  re- 
ports from  the  field  and  a  page  given  largely  to  holiness. 

Bro.  G.  W.  Ridout  represented  the  "Christian  Stand- 
ard," (20  pp.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,)  Bro.  E.  I.  D.  Pepper, 
Editor,  and  Bro.  Joseph  H.  Smith,  Associate  Editor.  Bro. 
Ridout  stated  that  the  Standard  had  the  reputation  of  "be- 
ing a  strong,  sweet,  holiness  paper,"  calling  attention  to 
publications  of  the  firm:  Cornell's  "Hints  to  Fishermen," 
"Songs  of  the  Living  Way,"  etc. 

Bro.  W.  E.  Shepard  represented  "The  Nazarene  Mes- 


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seiiger,"  (8  pp.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.),  Editor,  P.  F.  Bresee ; 
Associates,  J.  P.  Coleman  and  W.  E.  Shepard,  "a  small 
paper  but  representing  big  things."  Bro.  Shepard  called 
attention  to  his  books,  ''Holiness  Typology,"  and  "Wrest- 
ed Scriptures  Made  Plain." 

Bro.  W.  P.  Olmstead  told  of  some  of  the  merits  and 
advantages  of  Spring  Arbor  Seminary  of  Michigan,  and 
stated  it  had  a  blessed  holiness  faculty,  teaching  the  doc- 
trine of  entire  sanctification. 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  spoke  of  his  publications,  calling  at- 
tention first  to  "God's  Financial  Plan,"  which  he  regarded 
as  his  best  production,  "Dying  Testimonies  of  the  Saved 
and  Unsaved,"  and  "Touching  Incidents,  and  Remarkable 
Answers  to  Prayer."  One  half^million  of  these  books,  or 
something  like  two  hundred  and  fifty  tons  or  a  freight 
train  load  are  already  in  circulation  and  all  in  answer  to 
prayer. 

Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor  presented  his  publications,  mention- 
ing his  "Full  Salvation"  Series  and  different  tracts,  also 
calling  attention  by  request,  to  his  book  trunk. 

Bro.  Ridout  called  attention  to  a  work  by  Bro.  E.  F. 
Walker,  entitled  "Sanctify  Them." 

Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  represented  "The  Way  of  Faith," 
(Columbia,  S.  C.,)  edited  by  Bro.  T.  C.  Ligon,  to  which 
Bro.  Walker  is  a  contributor. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Assembly  called  for  "s.ingle- 
&entence"  testimonies,  with  responses  as  follows : 

"Saved  to-day." 

"Praise  the  Lord  for  conscious  salvation." 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw :  I  have  not  testified  in  this  Assembly 
before,  but  it  is  not  because  I  didn't  know  how.  ("Amen !") 
I  have  been  preaching  holiness  for  about  twenty-six  years, 
because  I  enjoy  the  experience.  When  I  can't  preach  it 
that  way,  I  will  quit.    ("Amen !") 

"Praise  the  Lord  for  sanctification," 


WILLIAM  JONES,  JOSEPH  DEMPSTER, 

(Deceased.)  Washington,  D.  C. 


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"Saved  and  kept  by  the  power  of  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb." 

"Happy  on  the  way." 

"Sweetly  and  blessedly  sanctified." 

"Glad  I  can  say  I  am  saved  and  sanctified." 

"Filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost." 

"I  live  for  Him  who  died  for  me." 

"How  can  these  things  be  ?  If  you  do  not  understand 
earthly  things,  how  can  you  understand  heavenly  things? 
I  am  glad  that  I  understand  these  things  which  I  hear." 

"Saved  to  the  uttermost  through  the  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ." 

"Glad  I  can  say:  Jesus  saves  even  me." 

"The  blood  of  Jesus  cleanses  me." 

"I  enjoy  full  salvation." 

"Hallelujah,  He  cleanses  me." 

"Jesus  satisfies  the  longings." 

"He  fully  saves  me  now." 

"The  great  transaction's  done." 

"I  am  standing  on  the  Rock." 

"Jesus  is  my  all-sufficient  Saviour." 

"I  have  the  assurance  that  I  am  saved  and  entirely 
sanctified." 

"Sanctified  and  resting  on  Him." 

Bro.  Haney :  I  can  testify  that  I  am  profoundly  and 
increasingly  cTiarmed  with  holiness. 

"Well,  I  am  on  the  sanctifi'cd  route." 

"Thank  God  for  full  and  free  salvation." 

"I  praise  the  Lord  that  He  received  a  poor  sinner 
Hke  me." 

"I  thank  God  for  two  births:  one.  natural;  and  a 
second,  spiritual." 

"He  saves  me  now." 

"I  was  a  sinner  saved  by  grace." 

Prayer,  led  by  L.  B.  Kent:  "O,  Lord,  Thou  art  our 


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God.  Thou  art  our  Father,  and  we  are  Thy  children.  We 
have  been  born  of  God  and  we  have  come  into  Thy 
family.  We  have  come  into  spiritual  life  and  into  com- 
munion with  Tbee.  We  have  come  into  that  experience  of 
life  that  has  made  us  Thine  eternal  worshipers.  Glory 
be  to  God.  We  bless  Thee  that  we  are  brethren  and  sis- 
ters of  all  Thy  children  of  all  ages  and  all  lands. 

We  prais-e  Thee  that  we  have  learned  through  Thy 
blessed  Word,  under  the  light  of  Thy  Spirit,  that  it  is  our 
high  calling  to  be  fully  saved  from  sin ;  to  be  sanctified ; 
to  be  Thy  spiritual  children ;  to  be  brought  finally  to  dwell 
with  Thee  in  heaven. 

Wt  thank  The-e  for  this  delightful  gathering  and  for 
Thy  presence  with  us.  We  pray  that  Thou  wilt  help  the 
speaker  this  afternoon.  May  manv  souls  be  saved  and 
sanctified  this  hour,  and  we  would  ask  Thy  special  bless- 
ing on  all  the  meetings  to  follow,  and  may  there  be  cause 
for  soul  rejoicing. 

Bless  us  all,  and  receive  us  finally  into  Thy  home  in 
heaven.    We  ask  it  for  Christ's  sake.  Amen." 

Singing,  by  Bro."  and  Sister  Harris,  'Xet  Him  have 
His  way  with  Thee." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  W.  E.  SHEPARD. 

Xow,  I  hope  God  will  limber  us  all  up,  and  save 
us  from  being  stiff  and  starchy  which  prevents  us  from 
saying  "Amen,"  or  shouting  "Hallelujah."  or  doing  any- 
thing else  the  Lord  has  for  us  to  do.  ("Amen!") 

There  are  a  great  many  people  continually  asking 
the  question :  How  can  one  tell  when  he  is  all  the 
Lord's  ?  How  can  he  tell  when  he  has  reached  the  end 
of  consecration,  so  he  may  step  out  on  the  promises 
and  get  under  the  blood?  Xow  I  don't  believe  I  have 
ever  been  guilty  of  trying  to  preach  a  big  sermon  or 
of  trying  to  do  anything  else  impossible,  but  I  do  want 


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to  preach  a  plain,  simple  sermon  to  help  some  one.  I  want 
you  to  pray  the  best  you  can.  I  am  going  to  preach 
the  b^st  I  can  ;  God  will  do  the  best  He  can,  and,  if  every 
unsanctified  soul  here  will  do  the  best  they  can,  we  shall 
have  a  number  of  seekers.  (''Amen!")  If  you  feel  that 
you  can't  stand  it  to  wait  for  the  call  to  come  to  the 
altar,  if  you  will  do  just  what  I  tell  you  to  do,  you 
will  get  sanctified  just  where  you  are,  this  afternoon. 
I  am  sure  I  can  make  it  clear  enough  for  any  one  to 
get  sanctified. 

I  want  to  take  up  first,  the  thought  of  the  Old 
Testament  line  of  priesthood  and  its  offering,  and  run 
a  parallel  with  the  N-ew  Testament  priesthood  and  its 
offering,  and  then  by  a  practical  object  lesson,  show  you 
what  entire  consecration,  or  dedication  to  God  is. 

We  are  going  to  build  a  structure  and  will  move 
in  with  the  furniture  a  little  later.  Possibly  it  may  seem 
a  little  dry  for  a  few  minutes,  but  we  v/ill  try  and  get  it 
watered  soon. 

''For  the  law  having  a  shadow  of  good  things  to 
come,  and  not  the  very  image  of  the  things,  can  never 
with  those  sacrifices  which  they  offered  year  by  year  con- 
tinually make  the  comers  thereto  perfect."    (Heb.  io:i.) 

I  have  read  this  to  get  one  thought,  and  that  is  that 
the  law  represented  the  shadow  of  the  good  things  to 
come.  We  haven't  the  shadow  any  more,  but  we  have 
the  substance  of  the  good  things.  ("Amen!")  The  sub- 
stance of  a  good  thing  is  a  great  deal  better  than  the 
shadow  of  it.  If  I  were  real  hungry  and  you  offered 
me  a  slice  off  of  a  loaf  of  bread  or  the  shadow  of  it,  I 
would  say :  "Please  give  me  a  slice  off  the  loaf,  it  will 
stick  to  my  ribs  better !"  ("Amen !")  We  have  now 
the  good  things  to  come,  the  substance,  the  real  salva- 
tion of  God. 


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I  wish  to  push  out  two  parallel  lines : — one,  repre- 
senting the  shadow,  and  the  other  the  blessed  sub- 
stance. 

In  the  first  place,  under  the  Old  Testament  dispensar 
tion,  there  was  a  priesthood.  There  is  no  need  of  read- 
ing Scriptural  proof ;  we  all  understand  it. 

Is  there  a  priesthood  today?  I  refer  you  to  Rev. 
i:  5,  6:  "Unto  Him  that  loved  us,  and  washed  us  from 
our  sins  in  His  own  blood.  And  hath  made  us  kings 
and  priests  unto  God  and  His  Father."  Every  child  of 
God,  everybody  that  has  had  the  blood  to  wash  away 
his  sins  is  made  a  priest  unto  God.  ("Amen!") 

What  was  the  duty  of  the  priesthood  under  the  Old 
Testament  dispensation?  A  part  of  it  was  to  of¥er  sacri- 
fices. The  first  text  I  read  sp-eaks  of  those  sacrifices 
which  they  ofifered  "year  by  year,  continually."  Under 
the  present  dispensation,  what  does  the  priesthood  do? 
We  do  the  same  thing,  but  in  a  dififerent  way.  In  i  Peter 
2 :  5,  it  says :  "Ye  also,  as  lively  stones,  are  built  up 
a  spiritual  house,  an  holy  priesthood,  to  offer  up  spiritual 
sacrifices,  acceptable  to  God  by  Jesus  Christ."  So,  the 
priesthood  of  today  has  a  spiritual  sacrifice  to  offer  unto 
God. 

What  kind  of  a  sacrifice  did  the  priesthood  offer 
under  the  old  dispensation?  If  you  turn  to  the  first 
chapter  of  Leviticus,  you  find  what  that  was.  The  sacri- 
fice may  have  been  one  from  the  herd,  or  from  the  flock, 
or  from  the  fowls.  Could  they  have  a  choice?  No, 
everyone  had  to  offer  the  best  he  could.  If  he  was  able 
to  do  so,  it  must  be  one  from  the  herd.  If  not  able  to 
offer  one  from  the  herd,  then  one  from  the  flock,  or  from 
the  fowls.  Nobody  was  exempt.  Anybody  could  give 
turtle  doves.    The  requirement  was  that  he  should  offer 


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what  he  could.  God's  commands  never  transcend  one's 
abihty  to  perform. 

Under  the  new  dispensation,  what  is  the  sacrifice? 
It  is  not  some  animal.  Read  Rom.  12:  i :  "Present  your 
bodies  a  living  sacrifice."  Our  sacrifice  to-day  is  our- 
selves. We  make  an  offering  of  ourselves.  We  give  Him 
our  bodies  and  everything  that  pertains  to  us.   (''Amen !") 

Where  did  they  place  the  sacrifice  in  the  old  dis- 
pensation? They  had  to  have  a  place,  so  God  provided 
it.  An  altar  was  provided.  We  read  in  the  first  chapter 
of  Leviticus,  that  if  the  sacrifice  was  from  the  herd,  it 
had  to  be  placed  upon  the  wood  that  was  upon  the  fire 
that  was  upon  the  altar.  In  like  manner,  if  the  sacri- 
fice was  from  the  flock  or  from  th-e  fowls.  What  does  this 
teach  us?  It  teaches  that  no  matter  what  the  offering, 
it  had  to  be  given  the  same  way  and  be  placed  upon 
the  same  altar.  If  one  was  able  to  offer  a  large  sacri- 
fice and  another  only  a  small  one,  it  was  brought  to  the 
same  altar.  All  had  to  come  to  one  common  level  here. 
There  was  no  room  for  caste;  no  chance  for  "big  I  and 
little  you"  in  the  worship. 

Under  the  old  dispensation,  they  came  to  God  through 
their  altar.  We  come  to  Him  by  Jesus  Christ.  Christ  is 
our  altar  to-day.  They  were  made  acceptable  through 
their  altar ;  we  are  acceptable  through  Jesus  Christ  ac- 
cording to  I  Pet.  2:  5.  In  Heb.  13:  10,  we  read:  "We 
have  an  altar,  whereof  they  have  no  right  to  eat  which 
serve  the  tabernacle."  The  Jews  who  kept  up  the  old 
service  of  the  tabernacle  and  who  rejected  Jesus  Christ, 
had  no  right  to  partake  of  Him.  The  Bible  says  that 
they  who  wait  upon  the  altar  have  the  right  to  par- 
take of  the  altar.  The  Jews  who  rejected  Christ  could 
not  wait  upon  our  Altar,  hence,  had  no  right  to  par- 
take of  Him.    Jesus  said :    "Except  ye  eat  of  the  fl'esh 


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of  the  Son  of  man  and  drink  His  blood,  ye  have  no  Hfe 
in  you." 

Then,  Christ  is  the  AUar  upon  which  Christians  place 
their  sacrifice. 

If  there  was  a  priesthood  under  the  old  dispensa- 
tion, and  that  priesthood  offered  animal  sacrifices  on  tha*: 
altar,  what  did  that  altar  do?  God  pronounced  the  altar 
holy.  He  said  it  would  do  something  in  a  ceremonial 
way.  We  read  in  Matt.  23  :  19 :  "The  altar  sanctifieth 
the  gift.''  Exodus  29 :  37  says :  ''Whatsoever  toucheth 
the  altar  shall  be  holy."  Their  altar  sanctified  the  gift. 
God  said  so.  But  it  was  in  a  ceremonial  sense.  If  we 
to-day,  having  a  sacrifice,  and  that  sacrifice  being  our 
selves,  give  ourselves  wholly  to  God  and  place  all  on  the 
Altar,  Jesus  Christ,  will  our  Altar  do  less  than  theirs 
of  2,000  or  3,000  or  4,000  years  ago?  No.  Our  Altar 
does  according  to  Hebrews  13:  12:  "Wherefore  Jesus, 
also,  that  He  might  sanctify  the  people  with  His  own 
blood,  suf?ered  without  the  gate."  Our  Altar  sanctifies. 
There  never  was  a  complete  sacrifice  oflf-ered ;  there  never 
was  a  complete  dedication  of  ourselves  made  to  God,  but 
what  there  was  received  the  blessed  fullness  in  the  heart. 
It  is  absolutely  certain  if  we  get  all  on  the  Altar,  we  shall 
become  sanctified.  If  you  are  going  around  saying,  "I 
haven't  got  it,"  you  would  better  ask  the  Lord  to  give 
you  the  light,  and  show  you  where  you  are  lacking  in 
complete  abandonment  to  Him.  ''Present  your  bodies  a 
living  sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God." 

I  want  to  illustrate  this  with  an  object  lesson.  Some 
one  has  said  that  w^e  may  speak  into  the  ear  of  a  per- 
son, and  it  may  go  out  at  the  other,  but  if  we  speak  into 
the  eye,  there  is  no  way  for  it  to  pass  through  the  head. 
I  am  going  to  illustrate  the  work  of  entire  consecration. 
I  will  use  the  thought  of  the  altar  that  sanctifieth  the 


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gift.  rXord  help  us  !'')  The  word  of  God  says  :  "Present 
your  bodies  a  living  sacrifice."  I  am  going  to  let  this 
box  with  its  contents  illustrate  the  body.  We  will  use 
this  desk  for  the  altar.  This  is  not  sacrilege.  W'C  are 
employing  it  merely  for  the  sake  of  illustration.  By  plac- 
ing all  upon  this,  let  it  be  a  representation  of  placinp; 
our  all  in  the  hands  of  God,  letting  Him  do  as  He  pleases 
with  it.  (Romans  12 :  i)  "Present  your  bodies  a  living 
sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God."  We  will  place  this 
(object  representing  the  body)  on  as  the  first  thought. 
It  says  in  Romans  6:  13:  "Yield  yourselves  unto  God, 
as  those  that  are  alive  from  the  dead,  and  your  members 
as  instruments  of  righteousness  unto  God."  And  in  an- 
other place  it  says  that  the  feet,  hands,  eyes,  etc.,  are  our 
members.  By  giving  our  body,  it  takes  in  all  its  m>em- 
bers  and  everything  pertaining  to  it.  Let  the  contents 
of  this  box  represent  the  members.  If  you  will  follow 
out  this  consecration,  you  will  get  the  blessing  this  after- 
noon. If  God  flashes  the  light  on  your  soul,  walk  in  the 
light.    ("Amen !") 

When  I  gav>e  myself  to  the  Lord,  it  took  in  my  two 
hands.  (Placing  on  altar  objects  representing  the  two 
hands.)  If  the  Lord  has  blessed  you  with  two  hands,  say, 
"Lord  I  consecrate  my  hands."  ("Amen!")  It  is  a  good 
thing  to  have  sanctified  hands  that  will  work  for  God; 
hands  that  will  let  the  Lord  use  them  in  any  way  that  he 
wants  to;  hands  that  wiH  bless  others;  hands  that  will 
give  out  tracts,  distribute  papers,  and  in  many 
ways  find  avenues  of  service.  Do  you  know  that  you 
can  bless  a  soul  by  a  hand-shake,  if  you  give  the  right 
kind?  I  have  shaken  hands  before  now  when  it  seemed 
as  if  I  had  taken  hold  of  a  dead  fish.  Lord,  put  some 
life  in  these  hands.    ("Amen  !") 

Sanctified  feet.   (Putting  objects  representing  feet  on 


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altar.)  We  have  two  feet.  Consecrate  your  feet  to  God. 
Say,  Lord,  let  me  have  feet  that  will  run  on  missions 
of  mercy,  carrying  glad  tidings  of  great  joy.  Conse- 
crated feet  will  carry  you  wherever  God  wants  you  to 
go.  They  will  not  take  you  where  God  does  not  want 
you  to  go.  Th'cy  will  not  take  you  where  you  v/ill  have 
to  leave  Jesus  Christ  outside.  ("Amen!")  It  means 
much  to  have  sanctified  feet  that  never  walk  in  "by  and 
forbidden  paths,"  but  are  everlastingly  going  for  God,  and 
will  stand  on  every  promise  of  His. 

Most  people  have  two  ears.  Give  them  to  God  (plac- 
ing objects  representing  ears  on  altar).  Do  you  know 
that  we  can  sin  through  our  members?  These  are  the 
avenues  through  which  carnality  can  work.  Consecrate 
your  ears  to  Jesus.  I  want  sanctified  -ears,  that  will 
be  closed  to  the  tattling,  tale-bearing  sin  of  the  world 
Sanctified  ears  will  not  be  running  around  after  flattery. 
When  some  one  has  an  outlandish  tale  to  tell,  such  ears 
will  not  be  open  to  it.  ("Amen !")  The  world  is  full  of 
slanderous  stories  about  somebody  or  other.  Pray  for 
the  party,  instead  of  listening  to  more  of  the  report. 

Put  your  eyes  on  the  altar.  (Illustrating  with  object 
lesson.)  Dedicate  them  to  God.  Consecrate  them  to  be 
used  to  the  glory  of  God.  If  you  have  sanctified  eyes, 
you  will  read  the  Word  when  God  wants  you  to.  You 
will  be  all  alert  to  see  something  that  you  can  do  for 
Jesus.  ("Am'en !")  Sanctified  eyes  will  be  closed  to  im- 
pure sights.  Sanctified  eyes  will  have  daily  reading  that 
is  clean,  and  no  time  for  lies  and  bosh  in  the  newspapers. 
Sanctified  eyes  will  have  no  time  to  read  flashy  stories, 
pamphlets  and  cheap-John  trash.  Sanctified  eyes  will  not 
want  to  be  running  around  for  questionable  amusement. 
("Amen !")  Sanctified  eyes,  pure  eyes,  will  not  look  upon 
a  woman  to  commit  adultery  with  her  in  the  heart.  They 


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will  not  lead  you  into  sinful  lusts.  Do  you  know  that 
you  can  scarcely  walk  a  block  Jti  the  business  portion 
of  the  city  without  seeing  enough  nude  and  lewd  pictures 
to  backslide  you  if  you  would  stop  to  look  at  them? 
It  means  much  to  have  pure  eyes.  If  you  have  a  ques- 
tionable piece  of  statuary  on  the  mantel-piece,  it  ought 
to  be  ground  to  powder.  If  you  have  pictures,  or  any- 
thing that  suggests  impurity,  anything  in  the  home  that 
does  not  savor  of  purity,  burn  it  up.    ("Amen !") 

Then  we  have  a  tongue.  (Laying  object  on  altar). 
Do  you  know  God  reaches  people  through  the  tongue? 
A  sanctified  voice  will  speak  when  God  wants  it  to  speak. 
A  sanctified  voice  touches  souls.  A  sanctified  tongue  will 
deliver  any  message  the  Lord  wants  it  to  deliver,  if  the 
person  knew  he  would  die  the  next  minute.  You  would 
pray  anywhere,  on  the  street,  in  the  home,  anyhow,  any 
time.  A  sanctified  voice  is  the  channel  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
given  up  to  God,  ready  to  do  His  bidding.  ("Amen!") 
It  will  praise  God,  when  the.  Lord  wants  it  to.  ("Praise 
the  Lord.")  It  will  be  shut  against  a  good  many  things. 
A  sanctified  tongue  will  be  closed  against  tattling,  tale- 
bearing, murmuring  and  complaining.  I  would  no  more 
think  of  complaining  and  finding  fault  than  of  swearing. 
How  many  people  fret,  and  stew,  and  complain  and  find 
fatilt!  By  the  grace  of  God,  I  will  never  do  that  nor 
-speak  evil  of  anybody.  Nearly  twenty  years  ago,  I  stood 
up  in  a  Southern  California  camp  meeting,  with  others, 
and  vowed  never  to  speak  evil  of  any  one.  It  has  been 
a  padlock  on  my  lips  for  nearly  twenty  years.  If  you 
feel  that  you  need  to  warn  somebody  concerning  another, 
and  that  God  leads,  th^n  do  it. 

Mind,  intellect,  thinking  power;  give  these  to 
God.  Have  sanctified  brains,  sanctified  mind.  It  means 
much  to  have  a  pure  mind,  that  thinketh  no  €yil,  A 


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pure  mind  will  put  the  best  construction  it  can  on 
people  and  things.  The  pure  mind  will  not  be 
the  channel  of  impure  thoughts.  When  God  sancti- 
fied my  soul,  He  didn't  kill  the  devil.  The  devil  does 
his  best  some  times  to  put  in  evil  suggestions.  With 
God's  help,  you  don't  need  to  receive  them.  He  will  give 
\ou  the  victory.  In  passing  along,  somebody  might  thrust 
a  cigar  into  my  mouth.  I  could  spit  it  out.  I  don't  need 
to  receive  it.  We  do  not  need  to  receive  the  tempta- 
tions of  the  devil  into  our  heart,  nor  be  subject  to  his 
wily  suggestions. 

If  the  Lord  has  given  you  one  talent,  or  ten  talents, 
put  them  on  the  altar.  Let  the  Lord  get  the  best  use 
of  your  latent  talents.  There  are  people  singing  the  Gos- 
pel to-day,  who,  before  they  were  sanctified,  did  not  know 
there  was  such  music  in  them,  and  so  in  many  lines  of 
work. 

Put  your  reputation  on  the  altar. 

You  say:  ''What  will  my  friends  say?"  You  are 
giving  up  your  will  concerning  your  reputation  and  friends, 
saying :  "1  am  going  through  with  Jesus,  no  matter  what 
my  friends  say  or  do."  That  man  that  cuts  loose  from 
his  opposing  friends  and  becomes  one  with  God  and  the 
holiness  people,  gets  the  blessing  of  God.  ("Amen!") 
You  cannot  be  tied  down  to  anybody  or  anything,  and 
God  at  the  same  time.  ("Amen!")  You  should  be  as 
free  as  the  birds  in  the  air.  ("Amen !")  Paul  said  that 
he  had  suffered  the  loss  of  all  things  that  He  might  win 
Christ.  When  you  have  lost  all,  there  is  a  kind  of  com- 
fortable feeling,  because  you  feel  that  you  have  nothing 
more  to  lose  !    ("Amen  !") 

If  you  want  to  win  your  friends,  say,  "Here  goes, 
friends  and  all,"  and  after  you  get  through,  you  are 
better  prepared  to  bring  your  friends  around.   What  about 


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the  family?  Will  you  consecrate  them  to  God?  Let 
Him  have  His  way  with  your  life  companion,  your  child, 
give  all  to  Jesus. 

Then  say,  'Xord,  I  will  go  where  you  want  me  to 
go.  I  will  do  anything  you  want  me  to  do.  I  will  say 
anything  you  want  n-  2  to  say.  I  will  suf¥er  anything 
you  want  me  to  suffer.  I  will  be  anything  you  want  me 
to  be.  I  will  drink,  eat,  dress,  all  to  the  glory  of  God." 
("Amen  !")  Bless  God  !  I  wouldn't  do  anything  I  wouldn't 
be  willing  to  do,  if  I  knew  Jesus  was  coming  the  next 
minute.    ("Amen !") 

Ask  God  to  search  your  heart  and  show  you  if  there 
is  any  thing  more  to  give.  He  may  say :  "Will  you 
give  me  your  time?"  Tell  Him,  "I  will  give  you  my  time." 
Put  that  on  the  altar.    (Placing  time-piece  on  altar.) 

"Is  there  anything  else?"  you  ask.  Yes.  Your 
money,  your  possessions.  You  need  to  take  God  into 
your  business.  Put  your  pocket  book  on  the  altar.  (Puts 
purse  on  the  altar.)  That  reminds  me  of  the  preaclier 
who  was  about  to  baptize  a  candidate  by  immersion.  The 
candidate  was  about  to  hand  his  pocket  book  to  a  friend 
when  the  preacher  said :  "Let  him  be  baptized  pocket 
book  and  all."    ("Amen  !" — Laughter.) 

Be  systematic  in  your  money  matters.  Give  it  all  over 
to  God,  but  see  that  He  gets  at  least  one-tenth  and  then 
as  much  more  as  He  calls  for.  I  believe  that  any  one 
who  will  not  give  or  rather  pay  one-tenth  of  his  income 
to  God  is  too  stingy  to  be  called  a  Christian.    ("Amen !") 

Then  put  your  testimony  on  the  altar.  The  Lord 
asks,  "Are  you  going  to  tell  out  the  glad  news  when 
I  sanctify  you,  and  will  you  give  >!  a  clear  ring  so  that 
every  body  can  understand?"  Tell  Him,  "Yes,  l,ord." 
and  let  it  ring  out.  (Puts  a  bell  on  the  altar,  and  ring., 
it  loud  and  clear.)    ("Glory  to  God.") 


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'  Do  you  know  that  many  are  afraid  to  do  this?  They 
hesitate  to  say  they  are  sanctified.  They  want  to  testify 
some  other  way.  They  would  say:  "When  in  Chicago, 
the  Lord  gave  me  a  big  blessing:  He  gave  me  more 
religion.  (Ringing  bell  with  muffled  sound.)  Another 
says :  ''I  consecrated  all  to  the  Lord,  and  received  a 
deeper  work  of  grace."  (Rings  bell  with  partly  muffled 
sound.)  That  is  only  a  little  bett'cr.  The  devil  is  trying 
to  close  people's  mouths  on  this  question.  I  have  learned 
a  secret :  If  one  gets  his  mouth  open  wide  enough  to 
let  out  the  word  *'sanctification,"  the  devil  hasn't  a  plug 
big  'enough  to  close  it  up.  ("Amen !")  (Testifies  clear  and 
rings  bell  loud  and  clear.) 

You  will  get  where  you  can  think  of  nothing  more 
to  consecrate.  Then  give  Him  all  you  can  not  think  of. 
When  He  asks  you  if  you  are  willing  to  sign  a  contract 
that  everything  you  will  have  in  the  future  shall  be* His, 
then  answ'er,  "Yes."  Give  Him  all  that  will  come  up 
later  on,  that  you  fail  to  think  of  now.  Put  the  "un- 
known bundle"  on  the  Altar.  (Putting  larger  bundle  on.) 
That  is  a  bigger  bundle  than  the  other.  I  don't  know 
what  is  in  it.  That  is  the  unrevealed  will  of  God,  until 
I  get  to  heaven.  ("Amen!")  It  may  have  in  it,  sorrow, 
suf¥ering,  ignominy,  or  death,  and  it  may  have  blessing. 
Say,  "Thy  will  be  done." 

I  know  nothing  more  to  give  up.  I  have  put  on 
the  Altar,  all  I  know,  and  all  I  don't  know. 

Having  given  up  all,  having  reached  the  utmost  limit 
of  entire  dedication,  take  hands  off  and  say  "I  am  thine, 
forever  on  the  Altar."  Step  out  on  the  promise,  open  your 
heart  for  the  Holy  Ghost,  believe  God,  and  you  have 
the  blessing.    ("Amen!")    If  you  don't  put  all  on  the 


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Altar,  you  will  never  get  sanctified.  If  you  don't  keep 
everything  on,  you  will  lose  it    ("Amen !") 

Now,  concerning  the  unknown  bundle :  You  will  go 
along  enjoying  salvation,  testifying,  and  somebody  will 
point  the  finger  of  scorn  and  persecutes  you  for  righteous- 
ness sake.  The  Lord  says :  ''I  knew  that  was  com- 
ing. That  was  in  the  unknown  bundle."  That  is  some- 
thing you  hadn't  thought  of.  That  is  known  now,  so 
you  pass  it  over  to  the  known  bundle.  (Transferring  from 
the  unknown  bundle  to  the  known.)  You  don't  put  this 
on  the  altar.  It  was  there  before.  You  nev^er  have  to 
put  arything  else  on.  All  you  have  to  do  is  to  trans- 
fer from  the  unknown  bundle  to  the  known.    ("Glory !") 

After  awhile  you  may  get  a  great  blessing.  You 
begin  to  fill  up.  The  Lord  says :  "My  child !  I  think 
you  would  better  shout  a  little."  ("Amen !")  You  say : 
"I  hadn't  thought  of  that  before,"  and  so  let  out  the 
shout  and  quench  not  the  Spirit.    ("Amen !") 

I  think  I  see  a  young  lady,  perhaps.  She  has  been 
gloriously  sanctified.  The  Lord  says  to  her :  "You  told 
m!e  you  would  do  everything  to  my  glory."  "Yes,  Lord." 
You  told  me  you  would  dress  to  my  glory."  "Yes,  Lord." 
"I  see  that  you  have  on  some  foolish  toggery  and  jewelry 
and  feathers.  I  think  you  would  better  begin  to  moult." 
"Must  I  lay  aside  these  things,  Lord?"  "Yes,  I  want 
my  children  to  l>e  free  from  gaudy  attire."  She  says, 
"Yes,  Lord,  I  will  lay  aside  anything  that  Thou  requirest, 
and  dress  to  Thy  glory."  (Transferring  some  feathers 
from  the  unknown  bundle.  Laughter  and  shouts  from 
the  congregation.) 

I  think  I  see  a  young  person  lately  sanctified.  The 
Lord  says,  "You  are  walking  in  the  light.  I  want  to  tell 
you  something  for  your  good.  I  do  not  want  you  to  get 
into  trouble.    You  are  keeping  company  with  somebody 


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who  is  not  a  Christian.  You  are  anticipating  marriage 
with  a  sinner.  'Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together  with 
unbelievers.'  "  (Another  transfer  from  the  unknown  bun- 
dle.) So  that  loyal  child  swings  around  to  the  will  of  God, 
and  forever  pulls  away  from  the  thought  of  being  yoked 
up  with  any  sinner.  (''Amen"). 

Do  you  think  it  wrong  for  a  Christian  to  marry  a  sin- 
ner? ("Yes.")  Well,  what  about  the  preacher  that  per- 
forms the  marriage  ceremony  of  such?  I  refuse  to  per- 
form the  marriage  ceremony  between  a  Christian  and  a 
sinner,  finding  out  about  the  parties  before  1  undertake  the 
case. 

Here  is  a  brother  who  has  lately  been  sanctified. 
Light  comes  to  him  about  a  certain  thing.  We  think  he 
ought  to  have  known  it  before,  but  we  will  say  it  had  not 
come  to  him.  The  Lord  shows  him  that  he  is  unequally 
yoked  up  with  secret  societies,  and  that  he  cannot  spend 
any  of  his  time  nor  money  nor  influence  in  that  way.  Hav- 
ing promised  the  Lord  to  walk  in  the  light  at  any  cost, 
he  transfers  that  which  he  had  not  previously  known  to  the 
known  bundle,  cuts  loose  from  secret  fraternities,  gets 
more  blessed  than  ever  before  and  does  more  for  the  king- 
dom of  God.    ("Amen  !  Amen !") 

Here  is  a  young  lady.  The  Lord  says,  "My  child,  you 
have  been  a  good  witness.  I  am  going  to  send  you  across 
the  sea  to  the  heathen  lands  as  a  missionary  and  you  can 
have  more  stars  in  your  crown."  She  says  "By  the  grace 
of  God,  where  He  leads  I  will  follow."  So,  this  is  trans- 
ferred from  the  unknown  bundle  to  the  known,  and  to  the 
foreign  fields  she  goes  and  wins  many  souls  for  Jesus. 

You  have  a  dear  child  in  your  home.  Your  heart's 
aff-ections  center  around  it.  Sickness  comes.  Somehow 
you  fail  to  get  any  evidence  that  God  is  going  to  heal. 
You  wonder  why,  but  He  shows  you  that  He  is  going:  to 


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take  the  child  to  Himself.  He  transfers  the  precious 
jewel  to  heaven  and  makes  it  a  loadstone  to  draw  you 
stronger  that  way.  You  must  be  loyal  to  God's  will  and 
say,  ''Thy  will  be  done." 

The  unknown  bundle  will  constantly  be  getting  small- 
er and  the  known  bundle  larger  until  finally  the  last  thing 
will  be  transferred  to  the  known,  and  you  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  glory  world,  having  kept  all  on  the  Altar. 
From  the  heights  of  glory  you  will  look  down  and  bless 
God  that  you  were  ever  permitted  to  consecrate  all  to 
Him  and  be  sanctified  and  then  kept  in  the  blessed  way. 

It  pays  to  be  sanctified.  ("Amen").  Everv  body  in 
the  house  this  afternoon  that  wants  this  experience,  if  you 
dare  to  get  up  from  your  seat  and  walk  down  these  aisles, 
do  so  without  any  singing  or  persuading. 

Eighteen  seekers  came  forward,  and  a  goodly  portion  of  the 
congregation  pushed  forward  to  join  in  prayer. 

EVENING  SESSION. 
7:00  P.  M.,  Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  in  the  chair. 
Scripture  Reading,  by  Bro.  J.  M.  Dustman. 
Opportunity  was  given  for  requests  for  prayer,  and 
the  following  subjects  were  presented: 
"An  unsaved  daughter." 
"An  unsaved  husband." 
"A  sister  and  a  son  unsaved." 
"A  son  who  once  knew  the  Lord." 
"An  unsaved  brother." 

"My  only  child  unsaved ;  the  husband  of  a  sister  and 
five  children  in  California  unsaved." 

"An  unsaved  brother  and  a  great  many  unsaved 
friends." 

"My  child." 

"An  unsaved  boy  far  away." 

"A  brother  afflicted  with  a  broken  limb." 

Bro.  J.  R.  Allen  led  the  Assembly  in  prayer  in  behalf 


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of  th'ese  requests  and  the  prayer  roll,  followed  by  Bro.  O. 
Wendel  and  M.  L.  Haney. 

Congregational  singing :  "Walking  with  Jesus,"  "It  is 
for  us  All  To-day,"  and  "Beulah  Land." 

Prayer,  led  by  Bro.  Hiram  Ackers :  "Our  Father  who 
art  in  Heaven ;  hallowed  be  Thy  name ;  Thy  Kingdom 
come;  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven.  We 
are  exceedingly  glad  that  we  can,  by  grace  through  faith 
in  our  God  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  approach  Thee  as 
our  Father,  with  the  divine  assurance  that  Thy  parental 
ear  is  open  to  our  petitions,  and  Thy  loving  parental 
hand  toward  the  children  in  Thy  care,  to  administer  to 
their  necessities.  We  realize  that  this  is  a  time  of  great 
need.  There  are  hungry  souls  here.  There  are  souls  here, 
no  doubt,  that  know  not  God. 

We  pray  that  there  may  be  such  a  manifestation  of 
Thy  spiritual  presence  and  power  to-night  that  every  soul 
that  enters  this  sanctuary  shall  be  touched  by  that  Spirit. 
Take  possession  of  our  minds  and  hearts.  May  God  be 
glorified  in  this  meeting,  and  precious  souls  saved  and 
sanctified,  and  the  cause  of  Thy  kingdom  exalted.  Touch 
the  lips  of  him  through  whom  Thou  shalt  speak  to-night, 
with  the  unction,  wisdom  and  power  of  Thy  Spirit.  May 
Thy  power  rest  on  all  in  Thy  pres^ence.  We  ask  it  all 
through  Jesus  Christ,  Amen." 

Singing  by  congregation :  'He  Brought  me  out." 
SERMON  BY  BRO.  J.  McD.  KERR. 

Text :  "And  the  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you  wholly ;  and  I 
pray  God  your  whole  spirit  and  soul  and  body  be  preserved  blameless 
unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ."    (i  Thess.  5:23.) 

A  lady,  this  afternoon  in  this  congregation,  a  per- 
fect stranger,  looking  at  those  strings  of  paper  behind 
me,  asked  what  that  meant.  I  said  to  her  that  it  was 
a  prayer  roll, — requests  for  prayer,  and  an  announce- 
ment that  individuals  were  praying  for  this  General  Ho- 


ALEXAXDER  ^IcLEAX, 
Brooklyn.  X.  Y. 


WILLE\M  BEXKERT, 
Davenport.  Iowa. 


U.  WARRINGTOX.  JOHX  P.  BROOKS, 

Harvey,  111.  Ft.  Scott,  Kan. 


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liness  Assembly.  There  has  been  a  great  cry  going  up 
to  God  for  His  blessing  on  these  gatherings,  and  since 
I  came,  I  have  had  the  consciousness  that  God  is  an- 
swering these  petitions.  We  believe  that  He  can  and 
will  answer  prayer,  and  grant  His  blessing  on  souls  far 
away.  We  want  you  to  pray  for  all  who  have  not  yet 
found  Christ,  for  those  who  have  back-slidden,  and  also 
those  that  are  in  the  congregation  who  want  to  know 
more  of  Christ,  that  they  may  be  gloriously  blessed  in 
their  souls. 

The  first  part  from  the  Revised  Version  reads : 
**And  the  very  God  of  peace.  Himself,"  putting  empha- 
sis on  the  word  ''Himself." 

I  believe  there  are  more  people  enjoying  the  ex- 
perience of  the  higher  life  than  even  before.  I  believe  more 
people  in  all  the  churches  are  seeking  this  experience 
than  at  any  former  period  of  time.  I  believe  that  there 
is  less  preaching  against  this  blessed  doctrine  of  the 
Word  of  God  to-day  than  there  has  ever  been  in  the 
past,  and  I  give  the  glory  to  God,  for  these  have  been 
my  convictions  as  I  have  gone  up  and  down  the  land. 
Yet,  there  is  a  little  prejudice  existing  in  some  quar- 
ters, and,  as  a  consequence,  some  persons  go  around 
the  circle  of  unmeaning  and  unscriptural  phraseology 
to  avoid  the  terms  which  God  has  used,  which  are  so 
expressive  of  the  doctrine,  and  by  which  He  often  ac- 
complishes His  purposes.  If  you  have  a  particle  of  prej- 
udice in  your  mind,  or  anything  akin  to  it,  I  would  rec- 
ommend that  you  take  out  your  pen  knife  and  elimi- 
nate from  the  doctrines  of  your  church  everything  per- 
taining to  this  subject,  such  a  course  I  know  would 
make  a  very  large  elimination  in  connection  with  the 
standards  of  doctrine  in  my  own  church.    Then  take  up 


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your  hymn-book  and  go  through  it.  I  do  not  know  how 
many  hymns  on  this  subject  are  in  other  hymnals,  but 
I  know  we  have  a  great  many  that  we  hold  in  common 
in  the  evangelical  churches.  I  have  had  occasion  to 
stand  in  the  pulpits  of  different  denominations,  and  I 
have  yet  to  find  any  difficulty  in  locating  in  their  hym- 
nals, songs  to  meet  the  particular  thought  of  heart  purity 
and  holiness  that  I  wished  to  pnesent.  These  hymns 
and  truths  are  all  here  to  stay,  and  will  stand  when  heav- 
en and  earth  are  passed  away.  Then  take  the  Bible, 
and  wherever  you  find  the  word  *'Holy,"  or  anything 
pertaining  to  holiness,  erase  it ;  take  out  every  word  on 
sanctification  and  purity  in  the  blessed  Word  of  God, 
and  you  will  be  so  sick  before  you  get  through  with 
the  process,  that  you  will  never  want  to  see  that  pen- 
knife again,  or  that  mutilated  Bible.  Take  my  recipe 
and  you  will  get  over  your  prejudice  before  we  are 
through  with  this  sermon,  and  I  know  it  is  possible  for 
you  to  get  the  blessing  before  we  are  through  with  this 
service.  ("Amen !")  I  don't  know  that  I  ever  had  any 
prejudice  concerning  the  blessed  Word  of  the  living 
God.  ("Amen!")  I  am  glad  to  say  that  I  can  take  all 
the  theological  terms,  from  "Higher  Spiritual  Life," 
down  to  "The  Second  Blessing," — whatever  you  propose 
to  call  it ;  also  all  the  scriptural  terms  from  that  presented 
by  the  Apostle  Paul  in  my  text :  "Sanctified  wholly,"  down 
to  the  Lord's  statement  of  heart  purity,  in  that  inimitable 
Sermon  on  the  Mount:  "Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart: 
for  they  shall  see  God."  I  do  not  say  that  we  are  not  to 
use  other  terms,  but  we  may  pare  and  cut  and  trim  the 
truth,  until  it  becomes  a  powerless  weapon.  Let  us  not 
only  hold  to  scriptural  doctrines  but  to  scriptural  phrase- 


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ology  as  far  as  possible.  I  believe  these  are  to  bie  blessed 
by  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  presentation  of  this  theme. 

While  I  may  make  reference  to  my  church,  it  is 
merely  for  the  purpose  of  illustration,  and  because  of 
the  fact  that  I  am  a  little  more  familiar  with  my  own 
than  with  other  branches  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Wesley  wrote  to  Dr.  Adam  Clark  that  those  who 
spoke  against  the  holiness  doctrine  should  not  be  allowed 
in  the  church,  for  he  didn't  see  how  they  could  be  hon- 
est men  and  women,  after  the  vows  to  God  that  they  had 
taken.  Every  Methodist  minister  is  asked  at  the  bar  of 
the  Conference:  i.  ''Do  you  believe  in  Christian  per- 
fection?" 2.  "Do  you  expect  to  be  made  perfect  in 
love  in  this  life?"  and  he  answers  in  the  affirmative. 
The  man  who  does  not  stand  by  the  principles  he  has 
espoused  by  his  solemn  and  holy  ordination  vows  is  not 
honest  before  God  or  man.  I  am  impressed  with  this 
thought  by  force  of  circumstances  that  every  member  of 
the  conference  with  which  I  am  connected,  believes  in 
the  truth  of  a  full  and  complete  salvation.  I  want  to 
say  that  I  have  presented  holiness  as  strongly  in  every 
church  to  which  I  have  gone,  as  I  shall  to  you,  by  the 
help  of  God  to-night.  ("Amen !")  I  glorify  His  name 
for  the  privilege  of  declaring  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ 
Jesus,  our  Lord. 

One  time,  in  the  City  of  London,  six  hundred  and 
fifty  persons  gave  testimony  to  the  experience  as  taught 
in  my  text.  These  were  nearly  all  interviewed  by  Rev. 
John  Wesley.  It  was  found  that  some  obtained  it  in  a 
few  months  after  conversion ;  some  in  two  weeks ;  one 
in  two  days.  None  of  these  were  found  to  have  gotten 
it  in  a  shorter  period  than  that.  I  believe  it  is  possible 
to  bring  it  closer  than  this.  I  like  to  see  a  soul  get 
saved  by  grace  and  then  move  over  into  the  Canaan 


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Land  at  the  same  altar  service.  I  believe  that  we  may 
more  easily  enter  then  than  at  any  other  time. 

I  want  to  say  that  the  experience  of  holiness  and  its 
adoption  is  not  peculiar  to  any  one  church  alone.  It 
is  found  in  all  evangelical  churches,  and  in  some  that  we 
have  not  rated  as  evangelical.  I  wonder  at  any  person 
leaving  the  church,  when  Madam  Guyon  could  enter  in- 
to this  close  experience,  and  live  it  in  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic Church.  Let  us  stand  in  our  places  where  God  puts 
us !  ("Amen !")  If  our  church  people  are  not  with  us 
on  this,  I  believe,  by  patiently  practicing  and  living  up 
to  the  full  experience,  we  will,  in  time,  bring  them  along 
with  us.  I  was  holding  services  in  the  city  of  Ottawa 
and  a  brother  minister  of  my  own  church  came  to  the 
services  full  of  prejudice :  but  after  he  heard  the  word 
preached  and  saw  the  methods  adopted,  he  said, — "I 
want  to  make  an  apology  to  you,  and  I  want  to  unite 
heartily  in  the  work."  And  so  he  did  to  the  end  of  a  four 
weeks'  campaign.  While  we  were  engaged  in  these  serv- 
ices in  the  West  End  three  prominent  ministers  visited  the 
city  and  opened  up  holiness  meetings  in  the  Congrega- 
tional Church,  and  the  int'erest  grew  until  the  church 
would  not  accommodate  all  the  people.  That  went  on  to 
the  close  of  the  meetings,  and  many  hungry  souls  found 
the  blessed  Saviour  and  entered  into  full  salvation.  God  is 
spreading  this  work  all  over  the  world  and  throughout 
this  land.  Let  us  have  faith  in  Gqd.  (*'Amen !")  Prej- 
udice is  going.  Blessed  be  His  name !  I  am  glad  that  the 
truth  is  popular;  I  am  glad  that  holiness  is  popular.  I 
mean  that  in  a  pure  and  good  sense.  I  believe  it  is  more 
popular  with  the  churches,  to-day,  than  ever.  I  can  re- 
member, during  the  period  of  my  own  life,  a  time  when 


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men  doubted  the  possibility  of  knowing  that  their  sins 
were  forgiven;  but  that  time  has  passed  away.  I  believe 
the  truth  of  full  salvation  will  be  received  as  freely  and 
fully  as  the  doctrine  of  the  new  birth.  Thank  God! 
Prejudice  is  going.  ("Amen !")  I  want  you  to  pray 
earnestly  that  God  may  help  us  in  the  work  to-night, 
that  precious  souls  may  be  sanctified  unto  God. 

My  God !  If  Thou  didst  ever  help  me,  help  me 
now.  If  Thou  didst  ever  speak  through  me,  speak  through 
me  now.  I  believe  I  stand  in  that  place,  where  I  am 
willing  to  have  my  mouth  closed,  where  I  am  willing  to 
be  silent  as  well  as  to  speak  just  as  it  be  Thy  will. 

I  notice,  in  the  next  place,  that  it  is  just  about  as 
difficult  to  get  Christians  into  this  experience  of  full 
salvation,  as  it  is  to  get  sinners  convertied. 

Why?  Has  not  God  made  provision  and  given 
commandment  concerning  the  same?  ''This  is  the  will 
of  God  even  your  sanctification."  "Be  ye  holy  for  I  the 
Lord  your  God  am  holy."  "Follow  peace  with  all  men 
and  holiness  without  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord." 
We  cannot  set  these  and  similar  truths  aside  and  be 
guiltless. 

I  heard  of  a  Presbyterian  minister's  wife  who  was 
brought  down  near  the  gates  of  death.  She  had  found 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  followed  Him  in  justifying  faith,  as 
taught  by  her  husband,  but  when  she  came  so  njear  eter- 
nity, looking  into  that  other  world,  there  was  a  fear  of 
death,  a  drawing  back  from  the  call  she  felt  must  soon 
come.  She  summoned  her  companion  to  her  side  and 
asked  him  if  it  were  not  possible  to  be  saved  from  sin 
in  the  present  life ;  if  it  were  not  possible  to  be  cleansed 
from  all  sin  before  death.  Perhaps  the  pastor  had  not 
heard  such  a  question  before.    It  came  from  his  b'eloved 


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companion  in  the  hour  of  sorest  and  direst  soul  need. 
He  began  to  recall  the  promises  of  God,  until  he  reached 
this  passage :  '*But,  if  we  walk  in  the  light,  as  He  is  in 
the  light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  another,  and  the 
blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son  cleanseth  us  from  all 
sin."  **If  we  confess  our  sins,  He  is  faithful  and  just  to 
forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us  from  all  unright- 
eousness." The  pastor  told  his  wife  that  he  believed 
Jesus  could  fulfill  His  promises.  She  said :  "Husband, 
if  that  is  the  case,  will  you  not  now  kneel  by  my  bed- 
side and  ask  our  Heavenly  Father,  for  Jesus'  sake,  to 
do  this  in  my  heart?"  He  prayed  with  her  and  God 
answered  the  prayer.  God  fulfills  His  promises  to-day. 
Mrs.  Phoebe  Palmer  was  very  well  satisfied  with  her 
experience  of  the  new  birth,  and  would  have  been  con- 
tent to  live  in  a  justified  experience  until  eternity  broke 
in  on  her  soul,  but  the  commandment  of  God  cam,e  to 
be  pure  in  heart,  to  be  sanctified  wholly,  to  be  perfect 
in  love.  She  knew  that  she  did  not  have  this  experience, 
and,  with  her  great,  logical  mind,  she  also  knew  that 
she  could  not  break  or  disobey  any  of  God's  command- 
ments and  not  be  condemned.  She  saw  that  she  could 
not  be  condemned  and  justified  at  the  same  time.  It 
meant  either  to  go  forward  in  these  truths,  or  to  go 
back  into  spiritual  bondage.  Thank  God !  She  entered 
into  this  experience.  Thousands  will  bless  her  memory 
and  life,  and  glorify  God  through  all  eternity  as  a  re- 
sult. Why  do  we  not  enter  in?  Is  it  because  of  unbelie;'? 
Moses  got  all  Israel  out  of  Egypt  in  24  hours.  It  took 
40  years  to  get  them  to  a  point  where  they  were  really 
ready  to  enter  into  the  promised  land.  With  two  excep- 
tions, none  would  enter  in,  but  later  when  Joshua  com- 


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manded  the  priests  to  go  forward,  although  the  Jordan  had 
overflowed  its  banks,  they  stepped  into  the  water,  and  the 
IsraeHtes  went  over  dry-shod  into  the  promised  land.  It 
may  be  that  a  minister  here  and  there  will  not  go  over. 
It  may  be  that  a  few  now  will  not  enter  in,  but  the  rising 
generation  will.  ("Amen !")  God  wants  you  to  possess 
this  heritage. 

If  you  have  been  five,  ten,  fifteen  or  twenty  years, 
professing  to  be  a  Christian  and  have  not  been  seeking 
after  a  full  salvation,  I  have  as  much  reason  to  believe 
that  you  are  back-slidden  in  heart  as  I  have  to  believe 
that  you  are  justified  before  God.  Is  it  not  a  fact  that 
you  had  more  zeal,  more  earnestness,  more  devotion  to 
Christ  and  the  study  of  God's  word  the  first  week,  or- 
month,  or  year  of  your  Christian  life,  than  you  have 
had  since?  God  help  us  that  we  may  follow  on,  to  know 
the  Lord,  and  be  led  to  receive  His  blessed  redemption 
and  sanctification.    (''Amen !") 

Many,  instead  of  looking  at  the  precious  promises 
of  the  gospel,  look  at  themselves,  and  do  not  understand 
why  they  do  not  realize  freedom  from  sin.  I  do  not 
mean  freedom  from  actual  sin  in  life,  but  freedom  from 
the  sin  in  the  heart  that  remained  after  conversion. 
Some,  because  of  subdued  sin  in  the  heart,  conclude  that 
no  one  can  be  delivered  in  the  present  life.  A  lady,  who 
admitted  that  she  was  a  member  of  the  churc'.i,  said 
that  she  could  not  live  without  committing  sin  every 
day.  If^that  is  the  case,  what  is  the  difference  between 
her  condition  before  she  was  converted  and  her  con- 
dition at  the  present  time?  I  am  not  referring  to  actual 
sins,  but  to  the  sin  in  your  heart — pride,  self-will,  love 
of  the  world  and  self-esteem.  You  should  have  these 
taken  out,  and  know  that  the  old  man  can  be  destroyed. 
''But  now  being  made  free  from  sin,  and  become  servants 


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to  God,  ye  have  your  fruit  unto  holiness,  and  the  end 
everlasting  life." 

It  can  and  must  be  done  here  and  now,  in  the  pres- 
ent life.  I  trust  it  may  be  so  in  your  case.  ("Amen!") 
''And  the  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you  wholly:  and 
I  pray  God  your  whole  spirit  and  soul  and  body  be  pre- 
served blameless  unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  That  means  that  Christ  is  able  to  sanctify  us 
fully  now  and  that  you  and  I  are  to  be  preserved  blame- 
less until  the  Lord  comes.  I  know  that  He  has  done  it 
in  my  case,  and  what  He  has  done  for  me,  He  can  do 
for  every  heart  here. 

Dr.  Godbey,  who  has  been  exploring  down  in  the 
Holy  Land,  tells  us  that  stones  taken  out  from  the 
lower  strata,  beneath  the  temple,  where  the  sound  of 
chisel  or  hammer  was  not  heard,  came  out  squared  and 
hewn  and  polished  for  their  places  in  the  temple.  So 
the  Lord  is  chiseling  and  squaring:  and  polishing  us  for 
a  place  in  the  glorious  temple  hereafter. 

As  I  passed  down  the  street,  I  saw  a  man  prepar- 
ing stones  for  one  of  the  great  pubHc  buildings.  He 
had  a  huge  hammer,  which  he  was  bringing  down  on  a 
large  block  of  stone.  It  looked  as  if  he  was  trying  to 
break  it  all  to  pieces,  but  I  found  that  he  was  chiseling 
it.  He  was  bringing  his  hammer  down  to  break  ofif  the 
protruding  points.  So  God  brings  down  His  great  ham- 
mer of  Truth  to  break  off  our  protruding  points, 
to  take  off  the  rough  corners  of  sin.  "At  Ot- 
tawa, I  went  into  the  great  Parliament  Build- 
ings, and  my  friend  said :  ''I  want  to  show  you  one  thing 
more, — the  corner-stone  of  the  building."  He  took  me 
through  a  passage-way  to  a  stone  laid  many  years  ago 
by  the  Prince  of  Wales.    When  I  came  to  that  stone, 


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I  could  see  my  image  in  it.  I  said:  "I  want  to  be  a  pol- 
ished stone  for  Jesus,  that  I  may  always  reflect  my  Lord 
and  Saviour."  I  thought  of  that  blessed  woman,  the 
queen,  who,  not  a  great  while  before  her  decease,  was 
at  the  bedside  of  a  poor  woman,  who  was  about  to  die, 
and  she  quoted  this  passage  from  the  Word  of  God: 
"The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  His  Son,  cleanseth  us  from 
all  sin."  If  the  Queen  of  England,  with  the  blessing  in 
her  heart,  could  quote  that  passage  to  a  poor  dying  wom- 
an, every  minister  and  worker  ought  to  b}e  able  to  go  out 
and  proclaim :  "The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son  cleans- 
eth us  from  all  sin."  Hallelujah  to  His  name !  ("Amen !") 

We  want  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ  reflected  from  the 
bottom  of  our  hearts,  through  our  minds,  through 
our  very  being  and  nature.  We  want  everything  from 
the  depths  of  our  inmost  soul  made  so  clean  and  purie 
and  transparent  by  the  blessed  blood  of  the  Son  of  God, 
that  nothing  sliall  be  seen  in  the  reflection  but  the  lovely 
image  of  Jesus  Christ.  If  I  have  any  ambition,  it  is  to 
be  like  Jesus ;  to  think  like  Jesus ;  to  talk  like  Jesus ;  to 
preach  like  Jesus,  and  to  glorify  Jesus  in  this  body  and 
soul,  which  are  the  Lord's.  ("Amen !")  I  have  heard 
of  twenty  or  thirty  leading  members  of  a  church,  who 
took  the  obligation  upon  them  to  follow  the  teachings 
of  that  little  book :  "In  His  Steps ;"  to  endeavor  to  lead 
a  life,  such  as  the  Lord  Jesws  Christ  would  have  them 
lead.  This  is  not  only  our  privilege,  but  our  duty.  He 
not  only  enables  us  to  live  it,  but  he  comes  and  enthrones 
Himself  in  us,  to  help  us  live  it.  We  are  ready  to  give 
to  every  one  that  asketh  a  reason  of  the  hope  that  is 
within  us,  with  meekness  and  reverence. 

Jesus  came  to  destroy  the  work  of  the  devil,  which 
is  sin.  This,  He  cannot  do,  unless  He  has  the  power  to 
free  my  soul  from  sin.    I  am  here  to  say,  by  personal 


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experience,  that  Jesus  can  do  it.  You  surely  see  the  ne- 
cessity, the  privilege,  and  the  obligation  of  being  cleansed 
through  the  blood  of  Jesus.  (''Amen !")  Come  and  give 
yourself  a  living  sacrifice  to  God,  this  very  moment,  and 
He  will  sanctify  you  wholly.  The  very  God  of  peace, 
Himself,  will  do  it.  The  blood  of  Jesus  cleanses  us,  and 
the  God  of  Peace  sanctifies  us.  (''Amen!") 

During  the  altar  service  fourteen  seekers  came  forward,  and 
workers  assembled  about  the  altar,  looking  to  God  in  earnest  pre- 
vailing prayer. 

Saturday,  flay  11. 

MORNING  SESSION. 

8:00  A.  M.  Prayer  and  Praise  Service. 
9:30  A.  M.,  Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  presiding. 
Bro.  W.  F.  Spreuill  led  the  Assembly  in  a  short 
prayer. 

Minutes  of  Friday's  session  read  and  approved. 

The  Assembly  voted  that  all  names  handed  in  dur- 
ing the  balance  of  the  session  be  added  to  the  Roll,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  Secretary. 

By  a  vote  of  the  Assembly,  it  was  decided  to  add 
four  members  to  the  Comittee  on  Preparation.  Bro.  L. 
B.  Kent  moved,  and  the  motion  prevailed,  that  the  Com- 
mittee on  Nominations  report  four  names  as  additional 
members  of  said  committee,  by  the  election  of  the  As- 
sembly. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Meth- 
ods was  read,  accepted,  slightly  revised  by  the  Assem- 
bly, and  adopted  as  follows : 

REPORT  ON  PERMANENT  METHODS. 

Resolved  ist.  That  as  many  of  the  holiness  people 
throughout  the  land  have  been  excluded  from  their 
churches,  on  account  of  the  profession  and  propagation 
of  holiness,  we  extend  to  them  our  sympathy  and  pray- 


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ers  and  advise  them,  in  order  to  avoid  come-outism  with 
all  its  evils,  as  far  as  practicable  to  unite  with  some 
other  evangelical  church ;  and,  where  that  is  impracti- 
cable, to  make  such  other  adjustment  as  may  seem,  under 
the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  to  be  wise. 

Resolved  2nd.  To  more  effectively  promote  the 
spread  of  holiness,  and  unify  our  work, -we  recommend 
the  organization  of  bands,  and  county,  and  state  asso- 
ciations, with  a  uniformity  of 'constitution  and  by-laws. 
That  this  Assembly,  composed  of  members  from  at  least 
twenty  different  evangelical  churches,  declare  that  these 
bands  and  associations  are  in  no  sense  churches,  were 
never  intended  to  be  churches,  and  are  not  to  take  the 
place  of  churches,  but  are  simply  a  union  of  people  for 
the  promotion  and  conservation  of  holiness,  sustaining 
the  same  relation  to  the  churches  as  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  W. 
C.  T.  U.,  Missionary  Unions  and  associations  similarly 
organized. 

Resolved  3rd.  That  this  Assembly  appoint  a  com- 
mittee to  prepare  a  constitution  and  by-laws  for  the  use 
of  such  bands  and  associations,  and  report  at  the  next 
Assembly. 

Resolved  4th.  That  all  such  bands  seek  to  system- 
atically raise  a  fund  among  themselves  for  evangelism, 
holiness  literature,  defraying  necessary  expenses  of  dele- 
gates to  General  Assemblies,  and  other  expenses. 

Resolved  5th.,  That  this  Assembly  ask  the  Commit- 
tee on  Preparation  to  submit  to  the  Assembly  of  next 
year,  a  full  constitution  for  adoption. 

On  motion,  it  was  decided  that  the  Committee  on 
Constitution,  provided  for  in  Article  No.  3  of  the  Report 
of  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Methods,  shall  not  in- 
clude any  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Prepara- 
ation. 


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On  motion,  it  was  decided  that  the  Committee  to 
draft  a  constitution  for  Holiness  Bands,  as  provided  for 
in  the  second  resokition  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Permanent  Methods  shall  consist  of  three  persons  appoint- 
ed by  the  Chair.  The  following  persons  were  appoint- 
ed :  Bro.  Alexander  McLean  of  New  York,  Bro.  L.  B.  Kent 
of  Illinois,  Bro.-  M.  L.  Haney  of  Illinois. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations  reported  the  fol- 
lowing nan:e3  to  the  Assembly,  and,  on  motion,  they  were 
added  to  the  Committee  on  Preparation: 

Bros.  Isaiah  Reid  of  Iowa,  M.  L.  Haney  of  Illinois, 
E.  F.  Walker  of  Indiana,  and  J.  M.  Pike  of  Georgia. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Bro.  L.  B. 
Kent,  and  on  motion  adopted : 

Resolved  that,  in  case  there  are  efrorts  made  to 
exclude  from  churches  brethren  or  sisters,  because  of 
their  testimony  to  sanctification,  or  their  connection  wilh 
the  holiness  work,  it  is  their  privilege  and  duty  to  claim 
the  right  of  defense,  personally  and  by  counsel,  as  ac- 
corded always  in  cases  of  charges  preferred  for  other 
causes. 

The  Assembly  voted  to  invite  the  Salvation  Army 
Corps  of  the  city  to  unite  with  us  in  our  all-night  service, 
Sunday  evening,  and  that  they  be  requested  to  take 
charge  of  the  services  for  one  hour. 

On  motion,  the  Volunteers  of  America  were  invited 
to  unite  in  the  all-night  meeting  of  Sunday. 

On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that,  when  the  Assembly 
adjourns,  it  he  to  meet  next  year  at  such  time  and  place 
as  the  Committee  on  Preparation  shall  decide. 

It  was  moved,  and  the  motion  prevailed,  that  when 
we  adjourn,  it  be  at  the  close  of  the  all-night  service  of 
Sunday. 

The  following  resolution  on  Prohibition  was  offered 


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by  Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor,  and,  on  motion,  was  adopted  by 
the  Assembly : 

Whereas,  The  Hquor  traffic  is  the  giant  foe  of  God, 
and  the  chief  ally  of  Satan  to-day,  therefore : 

Resolved:  That  we  kindly  urge  all  holy  p^eople  to 
unite  with,  and  vote  for  the  candidates  of  those  parties, 
on  county,  state  and  national  tickets,  who  declare  them- 
selves for  the  Principle  of  {Prohibition. 

On  motion,  a  rising  vote  of  thanks  was  taken  to 
show  our  appreciation  of  the  kindness  of  the  Pastor  of  the 
First  Methodist  Church,  and  other  friends  for  their 
kindness  shown  us  during  the  Assembly. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  2:00  P.  M. 

AFTERNOON  SESSION. 
I  45  P.  M.,  Bro.  E.  F.  Walker  presiding. 
Special  prayer  was  made  in  behalf  of  the  Prayer 
Roll. 

Scripture  Reading  by  Bro.  Walker,  i  Cor.  13. 
TESTIMONIES. 

Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw : — "There  are  a  great  many  things 
I  don't  know  anything  about ;  a  great  many  things  I  never 
heard  about,  but  I  do  know  something  of  love,  and  this 
love  of  which  I  speak  is  not  the  love  of  man,  but  it  is  the 
love  of  God  that  is  shed  abroad  in  my  heart  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  which  is  given  unto  me.  I  am  in  love  with  every- 
body.   I  love  God's  people  of  every  name."    (I'Amen !") 

Bro.  J.  McD.  Kerr:  "I  am  so  thankful  that  I  have 
this  love  in  my  heart.  I  have  heard  nothing  here  con- 
trary to  love.  It  seems  that  this  spirit  has  been  filling  all 
hearts.  I  am  glad  it  is  filling  my  heart  and  soul  and  be- 
ing. ("Glory!")  I  came  here  with  that  thought  and 
feeling  in  my  mind  and  heart.    I  have  love  for  every- 


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body.  I  bless  God  for  His  presence  and  power  with  us 
in  these  services." 

Sister  Boyce : — "I  want  to  say,  to  the  glory  of  God, 
that  He  abides  in  my  heart.  No  trials,  losses  nor  dis- 
appointments disturb  my  inner  being,  yiy  soul  is  at 
rest,  perfectly  satisfied  in  Jesus  Christ,  and  I  am  run- 
ning up  the  shining  way." 

Sister  Amanda  Smith :  "Everybody,  I  think,  has 
found  out  that  Amanda  Smith  is  on  the  holiness  line 
and  in  sympathy  with  the  Book  of  God.  I  haven't  a 
doubt  in  my  soul.  No  one  can  save  anybody,  but  they 
can  say  a  little  word  to  help  somebody.  ("Amen!")  I 
heard  a  sermon  by  John  Inskip,  in  New  York,  that  im- 
pressd  me,  and  led  me  into  the  light.  Making  the  teach- 
ing of  the  indwelling  of  the  Spirit  as  simple  as  possible, 
he  said:  ''You  don't  find  it  any  trouble  to  breathe,  when 
you  go  to  bed  at  night.  You  wake  up  in  the  morning, 
and  you  have  breathed  all  night,  without  thinking  about 
it,  and  you  needn't  think  it  is  any  trouble  for  God  to  live 
in  you."  Then  I  saw  that  it  was  God  in  me,  the  Holy  Ghosi 
abiding  in  my  heart.  It  was  God  doing  something  in 
me,  and  I  didn't  have  to  do  it.  I  let  go  of  self  and 
went  and  got  it.  I  got  through  as  clean  as  a  whistle !" 
("Glory !") 

Sister  Sarah  A.  Cooke :  "I  came  all  the  way  from 
the  middle  of  England  to  Chicago  to  be  at  the  first  camp 
meeting  I  ever  attended.  I  had  read  books  on  holiness 
and  been  much  helped,  but  I  shall  never  forget  my  feel- 
ings as  I  looked  upon  the  shining  faces  of  those  that  ha^l 
got  it.  I  said :  "O,  Lord,  give  me  that  experience." 
And  the  Lord  said:  "Will  you  pay  the  price?"  Every 
time  the  cry  of  my  heart  went  up,  the  answer  came 
back:  "Will  you  pay  the  price?"  My  eyes  looked  on 
those  radiant  faces,  and  I  would  say:    "Lord,  give  me 


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the  blessing.  I  want  to  be  as  they  are,"  and  the  same 
answer  would  come  back.  The  first  thing  the  Lord  told 
me  was  that  he  didn't  want  worldly  adornment  and  costly 
array.  I  decided  that  I  would  have  my  dress  plain,  but 
would  have  things  good.  The  Lord  did  not  stop  at  that, 
but  when  my  consecration  was  made  I  had  to  put  every- 
tliing  on  the  altar. 

I  will  never  forget  that  day  and  night.  I  don't  be- 
lieve that  the  physical  death  will  be  anything  compared 
to  what  came  in  the  midst  of  that  awful  struggle.  The 
pain  and  anguish  was  almost  intolerable.  The  Lord  said : 
''I  passed  through  Gethsemane  and  so  must  you."  The 
next  morning  I  awoke.  There  had  been  the  resurrection, 
and  the  glory  came  into  my  soul.  I  remember  when  I 
looked  out  on  the  camp  ground,  I  said :  ''My  heart  is 
so  pure.  This  is  the  same  earth  Moses  and  Paul  and 
John  walked  on,  and  I  am  as  near  heaven  as  they  were." 
(''Glory !")  I  praise  the  Lord  that  He  has  kept  me.  Shortly 
after  we  had  the  Chicago  fire ;  and,  as  everything  went 
up  in  the  flames,  I  said :  "The  Lord  has  given,  and  the 
Lord  has  taken  away.  Blesaed  be  the  name  of  the 
Lord !" 

Singing,  by  congregation,  "The  Half  Has  Never  Yet 
Been  Told." 

Prayer,  led  by  Bro.  J.  McD.  Kerr:  "Our  Father, 
we  come  to  Thee  now  in  the  name  of  our  Saviour  and 
Redeemer.  We  thank  Thee  for  all  Thy  mercies  unto  us. 
We  praise  Thee  for  Thy  wondrous  love  revealed  to  us. 
We  have  been  wondrously  redeemed,  purchased  with  a 
price, — not  with  corruptible  things,  such  as  silver  and  gold, 
but  by  the  precious  blood  of  Jesus,  the  Lamb  without 
blemish  or  spot.  We  thank  Thee  that  Thou  hast  given 
unto  us  Thine  own  blessed  Word,  as  a  lamp  unto  our 
feet  and  a  light  to  our  path.    We  praise  Thee  that  Thou 


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hast  not  only  given  us  this  wonderful  revelation  of  Thy 
divine  will,  but  Thou  hast  given  us  the  blessed  Holy 
Ghost  to  lead  us  and  guide  us  in  all  truth.  We  have 
realized  Thy  presence  here. 

*'We  pray  for  a  gracious  manifestation  of  Thy  power 
and  glory  this  afternoon,  and,  as  our  beloved  brother 
stands  before  Thee  and  us  and  delivers  to  us  what  may 
be  his  last  message  to  many  here,  may  the  Holy  Ghost 
overshadow  this  place.  Come  in  Thine  own  mighty  power 
and  glory,  and  may  the  hearts  of  all  here  be  wonderfully 
melted  down.  Our  Father,  we  want  all  of  our  talents 
used  for  the  saving  of  lost  souls  and  the  building  up  of 
Thy  Kingdom.  Be  with  us  at  this  hour,  and  to  the 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  we  will  ascribe  all  the  praise 
forever.  Amen." 

Song,  by  Sister  Aura  Smith:  ''When  We  Get  to  the 
End  of  the  Way." 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  GEORGE  HUGHES. 

Bro.  Hughes  said  :  ''Before  I  give  you  my  text,  I  want 
every  eye  in  the  congregation  to  be  turned  toward  these 
folds  of  paper  in  the  rear  of  the  pulpit.  On  those  Hnks 
of  paper  stretching  from  gallery  to  gallery,  are  the  cries 
of  hundreds  of  people, — I  might  say  thousands,  on  the 
mountains,  in  the  valleys,  on  the  prairies,  along  the  sea 
shores  of  our  country,  and  in  Canada, — saying,  in  God's 
name,  help  us ;  pray  for  our  fathers,  mothers,  husbands, 
wives,  and  for  our  children  that  they  may  not  go  down  to 
darkness  and  eternal  ruin.  That  is  the  cry  of  this  multi- 
tude of  hearts.  What  are  we  going  to  do  about  it?  Will 
we  intervene  between  these  that  cry  and  their  friends — 
these  fathers  and  mothers,  and  husbands  and  wives,  and, 
through  united  prayer  to  God,  prevent  them  from  going 


MRS.  M.  J.  McKINNON, 
Dallas,  Texas. 


MRS.  BEATRICE  BEAZLEY, 
Chicago,  111. 


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down  to  the  pit?  May  God  help  us!  The  cry  of  the 
country  must  be  heeded.  A  woman  of  God  sent  the  first 
letter  from  Colorado  with  sixteen  names,  imploring  us 
to  help  her  with  our  prayers,  and  so  the  mails  have  come 
to  us  heavily  laden.  As  we  stand  in  silent  prayer,  if  any 
are  moved  of  the  Holy  Ghost  to  offer  audible  prayer, 
do  so." 

(After  a  brief  season  of  silent  prayer,  Rev.  M.  L. 
Haney  led  in  earnest  supplication  to  God  in  behalf  of 
the  subjects  of  prayer  represented  in  the  prayer  roll.) 

Brother  Huges  then  remarked,  When  I  was  com- 
ing from  New  York  to  Chicago,  on  the  train,  a  passage 
of  Scripture  came  to  my  mind  with  great  suddenness 
and  impressiveness.  It  seemed  like  a  message  from 
heaven  to  be  given  to  the  people  on  some  occasion. 

I  had  not  thought  particularly  of  its  being  used  in 
the  Assembly,  but  when  the  appointment  to  preach  was 
made,  rather  pressed  upon  me,  it  was  made  manifest 
that  the  passage  referred  to  was  the  message  from  God 
for  the  hour.    It  is  this : 

"And  when  they  had  prayed,  the  place  was  shaken 
where  they  were  assembled  together;  and  they  were  all 
filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  they  spake  the  word  of 
God  with  boldness."    Acts  4:  31. 

Peter  and  John,  the  newly  anointed  apostles  of  the 
Gospel  Dispensation,  had  been  cast  into  prison  for  the 
sake  of  Christ  and  for  His  truth's  sake.  What  was  the 
offence  charged  against  them?  It  is  specifically  stated 
in  the  second  verse.  "As  they  spake  unto  the  people,  the 
priests,  and  the  captain  of  the  temple,  and  the  Sadducees, 
came  upon  them,  being  grieved  that  they  taught  the  peo- 
ple, and  preached  through  Jesus  the  resurrection  from 
the  dead." 


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A  terrible  charge,  indeed — "They  preached  througK 
Jesus  the  resurrection  from  the  dead."  Well,  these  rulers 
found  they  had  a  heavy  piece  of  work  on  hand  by  im- 
prisoning these  men.  They  feared  the  people.  Rulers 
can  only  go  so  far — there  are  limitations  to  their  author- 
ity. They  feared  the  popular  voice,  lest  an  uprising  might 
despoil  them  of  their  authority.  So  they  brought  the 
apostles  out  of  prison  the  next  day.  After  having  ques- 
tioned and  threatened  them,  they  set  them  at  liberty, 
straightly  charging  them,  however,  not  to  preach  in  the 
name  of  Jesus.  But  the  apostles  made  no  promises  or 
stipulations  in  the  matter.  Being  set  free,  the  record  says, 
"They  went  to  their  own  company."  This  is  a  notable 
expression.  There  are  saintly  affiliations  which  naturally 
draw  them  together,  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  blessed  fel- 
lowship divine. 

When  they  found  their  own  company  there  wer^ 
mutual  congratulations  and  praises  to  God  for  the  marvel- 
ous deliverance  of  the  apostles.  Then,  as  further  dan- 
gers threatened  they  went  to  God  in  prayer.  The  exer- 
cises of  this  occasion  furnish  us  with  a  theme  for  thie 
present  hour,  viz : 

A  Primitive  Church  Prayer  Meeting — How  they 
prayed,  and  with  what  efifect.  It  was  a  very  peculiar  kind 
of  prayer  meeting — a  model  for  all  the  centuries.  It  was 
peculiar  in  its  personality  and  exercises. 

As  to  its  personality,  the  two  apostles  mightily 
anointed  of  God  on  the  Day  of  Pentecost,  were  the  leaders 
of  the  prayer  service  of  the  hour.  A  company  of  the 
disciples  surrounded  them  and  participated  in  the  exer- 
cises— how  many  is  not  stated.    Let  us  see  now 

I.  How  they  prayed. 

I.  They  prayed  in  holy  unison.  The  exact  record 
is :  "They  lifted  up  their  voice  to  God  with  one  accord." 


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There  were  no  discordant  notes — no  impediments  in  the 
way  of  a  successful  approach  to  the  Throne.  This  unity 
gave  promise  of  victory  in  advance.  We  can  only  briefly 
state  the  characteristics  of  the  prayer  offered,  as  we  desire 
speedily  to  reach  an  application  of  the  subject  to  the  ob- 
ject of  our  present  assemblage.    We  note 

2.  They  distinctly  and  appropriately  recognized  Je- 
hovah's sovereignty. 

They  knew  to  whom  to  pray,  and  with  what 
mode  of  address  to  come  to  His  footstool.  "They 
Hfted  up  their  voices"  —  saying,  "Lord  thou  art  God, 
which  hast  made  heaven,  and  earth,  and  the  sea  and  all 
that  in  them  is."  Here  we  see  a  becoming  acknowledg- 
ment of  Jehovah's  glorious  being — "Lord,  thou  art  God" 
— of  His  creative  splendors,  and  universal  dominion — 
"which  hast  made  heaven,  and  earth,  and  the  sea,  and 
all  that  in  them  is."  In  these  acknowledgments  of  the 
power  and  glory  of  the  Lord  Jehovah  their  eyes  and  hearts 
were  turned  reverently  and  adoringly  toward  the  heavens, 
where  He  was  seated  upon  His  throne. 

3.  They  appealed  to  David  and  his  significant  utter- 
ances concerning  God's  people  Israel,  and  her  predestined 
glory. 

The  mention  of  no  name  at  the  throne  could  have  had 
greater  potency,  than  that  of  David  except  that  of  Da- 
vid's Son,  the  beloved  of  the  Father. 

They  quoted  from  the  second  Psalm  where  the  Psalm- 
ist inquires,  "Why  do  the  heathen  rage,  and  the  people 
imagine  a  vain  thing?"  He  declares  the  impotency  of 
their  combinations  against  the  Lord,  and  His  Christ,  and 
the  certainty  of  their  overthrow.  In  presenting  these 
things,  they  assumed  an  attitude  of  sublime  confidence. 

4.  They  offered  specific  and  comprehensive  petitions, 
(a)    They    ask    for    divine    observation — that  He 


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would  take  a  survey  of  the  imperiled  situation  of  the 
apostles.  "Now  Lord,  behold  their  threatenings."  The 
enemies  of  the  truth  could  largely  use  that  sort  of  weapon. 

(b)  They  pleaded  for  Gospel  boldness. 

This  is  a  priceless  gift — indispensable  to  success — 
resistless  in  its  potency.  Not  for  rhetorical  beauty  or  ex- 
actness, or  logical  precision  or  force — but  for  divine  bold- 
ness— to  strike  home,  to  sucessfully  assault  the  enemy's 
works,  to  win  victories  in  the  name  of  Christ. 

(c)  They  also  asked  for  miraculous  accompaniments. 
They  said,  "By  stretching  forth  thine  hand  to  heal; 

and  that  signs  and  wonders  may  be  done  by  the  name  of 
thy  holy  child-  Jesus."  The  healing  of  bodies  as  well  as 
souls  marked  the  Apostolic  ministry — and  the  day  of  such 
signs  and  wonders  is  not  closed.  They  are  necessary  to 
rebuke  the  prevalent  skepticism  of  the  age. 

II.    The  Stupendous  Effects  of  Their  Prayer. 

I.    A  Physical  Effect. 

"The  place  was  shaken  where  they  were  assembled 
together."  How,  or  in  what  way  the  place  was  shaken 
is  not  stated.  It  may  have  been  by  earthquake  shocks, 
making  the  whole  building  tremble.  But  we  know  not 
what  were  the  particular  physical  manifestations.  One 
thing  we  know — for  it  is  on  record — the  place  was  shaken, 
palpably  and  awfully  shaken,  demonstrating  the  presence 
and  power  of  God. 

In  all  ages  of  the  world,  when  God  has  made  extra- 
ordinary manifestations  of  Himself  there  has  been  some 
stirring  of  physical  forces.  It  was  so  at  Sinai,  at  the 
giving  of  the  Law.  "There  were  thunderings  and  light 
nings,  and  the  whole  mount  quaked  greatly,  and  all  the 
people  in  the  camp  trembled." 

It  was  so  on  Mount  Carmel  when  Elijah  called  down 
fire  from  heaven  upon  the  sacrifice,  and  all  the  people 


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in  the  camp  fell  upon  their  faces,  and  cried,  ''The  Lord, 
li^  is  God !   The  Lord  he  is  God !" 

At  Pentecost  there  was  another  demonstration  of  a 
similar  character,  *'The  sound  as  of  a  rushing  mighty 
wind,  and  cloven  tongues,  like  as  of  fire  sitting  upon 
each  of  them." 

So  here,  the  place  was  shaken  in  some  marvelous 
wa}^  demonstrating  God's  eternal  power  and  Godhead. 

2.  A  Glorious  Spiritual  Effect. 

"They  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost."  This 
was  the  crowning  feature  of  the  occasion. 

But  what  is  it  to  be  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost?  I 
will  answer  this  in  as  few  words  as  possible.  The  Holy 
Ghost  is  a  divine  person,  the  third  person  of  the  adorable 
Trinity.  He  was  gi\'en  to  each  of  them  to  be  their  abid- 
ing Guest,  to  dwell  in  them,  of  which  fact  they  were 
blessedly  conscious.  In  this  internal  revelation  of  the  Holy 
Ghost — infinite  Purity,  Love  and  Power  pervade  the  whole 
soul^emple.  So  all  who  are  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost 
are  constituted  Kingdom  Millionaires.  A  great  Trust 
Company  is  established  within,  of  limitless  capital,  which 
will  never  break,  it  will  stand  *'tlie  wreck  of  matter  and 
the  crush  of  worlds."  But  had  they  not  been  filled  on 
the  Day  of  Pentecost?  Yes,  but  this  was  an  additional, 
installment,  a  refilling  after  an  enlargment  of  soul  under 
Pentecostal  auspices. 

3.  An  answer  to  their  prayer  was  given  in  precise 
,  form — in  the  impartation  of  Gospel  boldness. 

I  shall  have  to  leave  you  to  examine  the  historic 
records  in  the  Acts  to  see  how  this  ''boldness"  was  mani- 
fested in  their  wonderful  ministrations.  There  is  a  sub- 
lime summing  up  in  the  33rd  verse.  "And  with  great 
power  gave  the  apostles  witness  of  the  resurrection  of 
the  Lord  Jesus;  and  great  grace  was  upon  them  all." 


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They  went  forth  to  storm  the  very  citadel  of  heli,  and 
God  gave  them  power  and  victory.  (*'Amen!") 

I  told  you  when  I  commenced  that  the  burden  of  the 
Lord  was  upon  me.  Before  I  came  to  the  Assembly  I 
had  a  vision  of  tidal  waves.  I  thought  and  wrote  of  a 
mighty  upheaval  from  the  great  depths  of  Infinite  Love, 
for  the  salvation  of  multitudes  sweeping  with  mighty  and 
resistless  energy  this  great  city  of  Chicago.  Well,  we  have 
had  blessed  times,  in  preaching,  song  and  testimony — 
but,  brethren,  there  has  been  no  shaking  of  the  house 
where  we  have  been  assembled.    ("We  must  have  it.") 

Look  at  those  empty  galleries !  They  ought  to  be 
full  of  people.  They  have  been  full.  Those  who  filled 
them  came  to  Christ  and  were  gloriously  saved.  Is 
it  not  time  for  this  house  to  be  shaken? 
(Amen.)  Is  it  not  time  that  the  awful  sepulchral 
stillness  of  those  galleries  should  be  broken  by  the  tramp- 
ing up  stairs  of  an  eager,  thronging  multitude?  (Amen.) 
I  have  been  almost  impelled,  at  times,  to  go  up  there 
myself,  and  lie  down  on  one  of  the  seats  and  cry  mightily 
to  God  to  shake  the  house  by  His  almighty  power.  I 
would  rather  see  them  filled  with  publicans  and  sinners, 
than  with  appalling  emptiness.  Why  do  not  the  publicans 
and  sinners  come  in  and  fill  them?  Why? 

What  are  we  going  to  do  about  it?  ('Tray.")  God 
has  given  us  large  praying  privileges.  Jesus  has  said, 
''If  two  of  you  shall  agree  on  earth  as  touching  anything 
that  they  ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  father 
which  is  in  heaven."  What  a  promise !  Why,  it  puts 
the  resources  of  eternity  at  the  back  of  two  people  who 
know  how  to  pray.  Lord,  teach  us  to  pray  and  touch 
the  eternal  magazines  of  the  unseen  world  !    (Amen !) 

My  brethren,  my  sisters :  This  is  no  time  to  jump,  or 
cut  capers  in  the  aisles.  Jump  and  cut  capers  when  the 
house  is  shaken ! 


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I  am  awfully  impressed  that  the  place,  here  and  now, 
should  be  shaken,  and  that  the  people  of  the  city  and  of 
the  outside  world,  should  be  made  to  know  that  God 
almighty  has  come  down  here  in  the  glory  of  His  power ! 
("Amen !") 

I  do  not  want  to  go  back  to  New  York  and  tell 
them  this  Assembly  was  a  mere  fire-fly  spark,  or,  an  or- 
dinary revival  meeting.  I  want  to  be  able  to  tell  them 
there  was  a  moral  earthquake  —  a  veritable  Pentecost 
within  these  walls. 

The  whisky  power  of  Chicago  is  stupendous.  Its 
havoc  is  seen  everywhere.  The  devastation  is  enormous. 
This  is  the  time  to  weep,  and  wail,  and  cry  unto  God. 
I  wonder  how  many  people  in  this  house  are  ready  to  join 
me  and  let  us  get  down  upon  our  faces  and  cry  mightily 
to  God,  the  almighty,  eternal  God,  for  a  revelation  of 
His  mercy  and  power  that  will  shake  the  house,  and 
sweep  things?  In  every  part  of  the  house  let  us  get 
down — down  before  the  almighty  God,  and  cry  unto  Him. 

In  response  to  this  fervent  appeal,  the  congregation  was  pros- 
trated before  God  and  around  the  altar  there  arose  a  deep  and  awful 
cry.  Some  were  prostrate  on  their  faces  in  the  aisles — prayer  was 
ardent,  opening  heaven  and  the  results  will  not  be  known  until  the 
day  of  eternity.  Brother  Hughes  was  exhausted  and  retired  to  the 
choir  loft,  and  requested  Brother  S.  B.  Shaw  to  push  the  battle. 
To  God  be  all  the  glory. 

EVENING  SESSION. 
We  have  no  report  of  this  service,  except  the  sermon 
which  we  give.   We  remember  that  the  service  was  a  very 
blessed  one  from  beginning  to  end  and  characterized  by 
very  much  of  the  presence  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 

SERMON  BY  BRO.  ALEXANDER  McLEAN. 
I  have  been  so  immersed  in  the  business  side  of  this 
Assembly  that  I  would  prefer,  greatly,  to  have  anyone 


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of  half  a  dozen  or  more  different  brethren  speak  tonight 
than  that  I  should,  hut  the  Lord's  will  be  done. 

It  is  Saturday  night,  and,  if  you  please  and  the  Lord 
will  help,  we  will  try  to  gather  up  the  fragments  of  the 
week  that  might  otherwise  be  lost.  God  help  us  to  gather 
the  fragments ! 

To  speak  of  Union  in  Holiness  two  passages  of  Scrip- 
ture will  be  used.  In  the  last  chapter  of  th-e  book  of 
Daniel,  and  the  last  clause  of  the  seventh  verse,  are  these 
words :  ''And  when  He  shall  have  accomplished  to  scatter 
the  power  of  the  holy  people,  all  these  things  shall  be 
finished." 

Daniel,  among  the  prophets,  gives  us  noticeable  in- 
dications (and  at  the  best,  they  are  very  uncertain,)  when 
the  end  of  the  world  shall  be,  and,  in  this  last  wonderful 
prophetic  declaration,  he  says  that  when  he  shall  have  ac- 
complished to  scatter  the  power  of  the  holy  people,  all 
these  things  shall  be  finished,"  as  though  it  was  the  con- 
summate will  of  the  great  enemy  of  all  good,  to  try  to 
scatter  the  power  of  the  holy  people  and  as  though  he 
would  be  satisfied  when  he  saw  such  a  scattering  accom- 
plished. And,  when  he  shall  have  done  that,  look  out! 
the  end  is  near.  That  seems  to  be  the  trend  of  Daniel's 
utterance. 

Then  I  invite  your  attention  to  what  our  Lord  says 
in  John  17 :  21 : 

"That  they  all  may  be  one;  as  Thou,  Father,  art  in 
me,  and  I  in  Thee,  that  they  also  may  be  one  in  Us :  that 
the  world  might  believe  that  Thou  hast  sent  Me." 

Injury  to  Christianity  results  from  scattering  the  pow- 
er of  the  holy  people.  Advantage  and  blessing  to  Chris- 
tianity will  be  brought  by  concentrating  the  power  of  the 
holy  people.  The  Lord  Jesus,  in  His  great  high-priestly 
prayer,  cried  to  God  from  the  depths  of  His  soul,  that  all 


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His  people,  those  who  believed  on  Him  in  His  day,  and 
all  who,  through  the  ages,  should  come  to  believe 
in  His  Word,  might  be  one  in  Him,  as  He  was 
one  with  the  Father,  ''That  the  world  may  believe  that 
Thou  hast  sent  Me."  In  His  inrin'te  stretch  of  thought  and 
knowledge,  He  saw  that  nothing  would  so  thoroughly 
cause  this  world  to  accept  Him  as  the  Messiah,  as  the 
unifying  concentrating  power  wrought  among  believers 
by  the  Holy  Ghost.  When  scattering  is  accomplished, 
destruction  is  nigh.  Jesus  seeks  to  unify,  concentrate  and 
bring  believers  together  in  Him,  inaugurating  thus  the 
millennium.  How  emphatic  His  words  "He  that  gathereth 
not  with  Me  scattereth  abroad."  Jesus  must  be  the  center 
of  attraction  and  union  among  all  men  and  this  union  is 
the  test  of  all  methods  and  measures. 

Oh,  how  my  soul  has  gone  out  in  prayer  for  this  As- 
sembly, and  still  goes  out  in  earnest  supplication  that  God 
would  concentrate  the  power  of  the  holy  people,  and  so 
help  the  world  to  see  what  the  Lord  Jesus  ptayed  for  but 
a  little  before  He  was  to  render  up  His  Spirit  to  God — 
"That  they  all  may  be  one."  ("Amen!")  Not  to  effect 
a  loose  sense  of  union  which  men  of  the  world  may  liold, 
but  in  that  complete  sense  of  union  which  He  held,  and 
which  He  received  from  His  Father  "that  they  may  all  be 
one  in  me  as  I  am  one  with  the  Father ;"  as  though  He  said 
then,  and  not  till  then,  will  this  world  "believe  that  thou 
hast  sent  me,"  as  the  Messiah. 

Efforts  that  scatter,  and  dissuade  from  Holiness  need 
not  be  sought  alone  in  ancient  history.  We  can  see  so  much 
of  it  now, — 'this  disposition  to  scatter  and  divide ;  to  decry ; 
and  not  to  have  faith  in  others,  who  are  professing  and 
striving  to  be  all  the  Lord's.  We  need  not  go  very  far  into 
history  to  see  that.    We  are  here,  members  of  at  least 


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twenty  different  evang^elical  churches,  ("Bless  the  Lord !") 
beHeving  in  hoHness,  striving  with  all  our  hearts  for  that 
union  which  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  prayed  for,  that  we 
may  be  one  with  Him  as  He  is  one  with  the  Father.  When 
that  comes,  in  a  broad  sense  the  world  will  have  to  believe 
(it  hasn't  believed  up  to  date,  because  that  hasn't  come) 
that  Jesus  is  the  Messiah.  There  are  hearts  here  beating 
hard  against  the  heart  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  They  are  often 
before  God  on  their  faces  saying,  ''O,  Lord,  grant  that 
my  brothers  and  sisters  may  be  one  in  Jesus."  ''O, 
Lord,  vouch-safe  that  we  may  be  one  in  Thee.  We  are  not 
worthy.  We  are  infinitely  undeserving.  We  can  do  noth- 
ing to  make  ourselves  worthy  of  that  high  and  won- 
drous privilege.  For  Jesus'  sake,  make  us  one  with  Thee, 
even  as  Thou  art  one  with  the  Father."  I  confess  that  I 
am  staggered  at  the  thought.  We  must  get  very  low  before 
God  when  we  utter  that  prayer.  We  may  be  one  absolute- 
ly, now  and  henceforth  and  forever,  one  with  Him,  as  He  is 
one  with  the  Father.  It  staggers  me!  Does  it  stagger 
you?  Have  you  ever  gone  into  the  depths  of  that  with 
the  Holy  Ghost,  to  find  how  much  is  meant?  It  cannot 
be  realized  by  sending  up  a  casual  prayer  or  desire.  It  is 
only  by  deep  contrition  and  the  most  earnest  yearning  as 
though  you  were  about  to  go  into  His  presence,  or  as 
though  it  were  the  last  prayer  you  would  utter  to  the  Lord, 
"Make  me  one  with  Thee  as  Thou  art  one  with  the  Father." 

Let  me  retrace  my  steps  a  little,  that  we  may,  by  the 
help  of  God,  better  understand  the  meaning  of  the  Word. 
This  is  a  great  subject.  Jesus  prayed  it.  As  certainly  as 
Jesus  offered  this.  He  wants  it  answered.  ("Amen!" 
"Blessed  be  God !")  Help  us  Lord  to  get  in  a  higher 
altitude  and  a  purer  plane  to-night.  One  way  of  overcom- 
ing a  great  conflagration  is  by  scattering ;  by  putting  dyna- 


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mite  and  powder  into  adjoining  structures.  If  they  cannot 
overcome  the  flames  in  any  other  way,  they  do  it  by  scat- 
tering the  combustible  portions,  that  they  may  subdue  it 
piece  by  piece.  The  devil  can  get  at  you  and  me,  and  more 
effectually  quench  the  Holy  Spirit  when  we  are  separated 
in  feeling  the  one  from  the  other.  He  cannot  accomplish 
this  sad  work,  if  we  are  united  to  the  Lord  and  our  breth- 
ren. "United  we  stand ;  divided  we  fall."  Remember 
the  cause  of  Ireland,  as  they  speak  of  it  over  there.  Their 
representatives  in  Parliament  were  unable  to  accomplish 
anything  for  their  Emerald  Isle,  and  ''Johnnie  Bull"  paid 
very  little  attention  to  them,  because  they  voted  discur- 
sively. England  was  united.  She  said :  "Let  them  re- 
main scattered.  We  can  thus  handle  them  very  readily." 
But  there  came  an  Irish  statesman  on  the  scene.  He 
turned  their  disconcerted  action  into  voting  solidly,  as  one 
man.  England  trembled  and  Ireland  won  many  victories. 

God  bless  the  people  whose  hearts  the  Lord  has  filled 
with  His  Spirit.  ("Amen !")  How  we  have  allowed  the 
enemy  to  scatter  the  power  of  the  holy  people.  O,  how 
my  heart  has  bled  through  the  years  past,  over  the  serious 
lack  of  solidarity  in  the  Holiness  cause.  How  thankful  I 
am  that  God  is  opening  our  eyes  to  the  tremendous  mean- 
ing of  concentration  and  union  along  the  line  of  loving 
God  with  all  the  heart.  ("Amen.")  Pray  about  it  in  your 
closet.  Next  year  come  yourself  and  bring  someone  else 
with  you,  to  the  Assembly  for  the  promotion  of  Holiness, 
and  see  if  concentration  will  not  mightily  help  us  on  these 
lines. 

You  will  remember  that  a  number  of  small  and  feeble 
independent  states  were  congregated  and  united  by  Bis- 
mark  into  what  constitutes,  now,  the  powerful  German  Em- 
pire.   O,  Lord,  send  us  a  great  leader  to  concentrate  these 


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holiness  people  that  we  may  be  one  with  Jesus  and  with 
each  other.  ("Amenl") 

I  am  profoundly  glad,  this  Saturday  night,  to  see 
young  mep  and  young  women  coming  forward  to  push 
Holiness.  God  bless  them,  in  the  accomplishment  of  more 
than  they  who  soon  shall  be  crowned !  ("We'll  stand  by 
the  cross.")  Holiness  must  live.  I  can't  see  in  the  Bible 
that  God  has  a  mightier  factor  for  the  salvation  of  the 
world  than  holiness.  ("Amen  I")  I  repeat  that  I  can't 
find  anywhere  in  the  Word  of  God  a  more  potential  factor 
for  the  salvation  of  the  race  than  is  found  in  holiness. 
Reverently  let  us  realize  that  God  knows  of  nothing  to 
employ  for  the  salvation  of  this  world  like  holiness. 
("Amen!")  Let  us  appeal  to  Jesus.  He  says:  "Thou 
shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with 
all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  first  and 
great  commandment."  That  is  Christ's  version.  The  sec- 
ond is  like  unto  it,  "Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self. On  these  two  commandments  hang  all  the  law  and 
the  prophets."  By  these  remarks  every  theologian  un- 
derstands that  this  includes  all  scriptural  requirements.  He 
doubtless  had  in  mind  the  method  of  the  Romans.  On  a 
hook  upon  the  outside  of  public  buildings  they  hung  the 
statutes  of  the  realm  so  no  man  could  have  excuse  for  not 
knowing  the  law.  On  this  hook  of  love  were  found  all  the 
law  and  the  prophets.  I  repeat  it,  without  any  fear  of  con- 
tradiction, that  our  Lord  knows  of  no  power  so  potential 
in  the  salvatiop  of  the  world  as  holiness.  ("Amen !")  That 
is  the  version  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  on  that  subject,  and 
we  cannot  justify  ourselves  in  the  neglect  or  perversion  of 
this  truth  after  our  Lord  has  so  emphasized  it. 

There  can  be  no  escape  from  the  conclusion  that  Jesus 
wants  unification.    Whoever  drops  a  firebrand  of  dissen- 


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sion,  whoever  seeks  to  scatter  the  power  of  the  holy  people 
by  any  process,  is  as  directly  hostile  to  Jesus  Christ  as  pos- 
sibly he  can  be ;  he  is  against  the  success  of  Christianity : 
and  against  the  grace  which  God  claims  is  the  mightiest 
factor  for  the  winning  of  this  world. 

You  have  heard  of  an  elderly  clergyman  when  ap- 
proached by  some  young  minister  inclined  toward  holiness, 
saying  ''You  had  better  let  it  alone."  That  young  man 
takes  the  advice  of  the  elder  and  says :  "I  guess  he  is  giv- 
ing me  sound  advice.  I  will  let  it  alone."  I  believe  rather 
than  give  such  advice,  a  man  had  better  have  a  millstone 
around  his  neck  and  be  cast  into  the  sea.  For  holiness 
is  the  greatest  factor  God  employs  for  the  salvation  of 
race.  ("Yes,  sir!")  We  ofttimes  hear  it  said  and  the 
thought  frequently  shapes  the  course  of  churches,  "Get 
people  converted;  that  is  enough.  If  they  are  converted, 
all  the  rest  will  come  out  all  right."  That  seems  to  be  on 
the  theory  that  you  can  get  people  converted  b^-  un- 
sanctified  persons  more  readily  than  by  the  sanctified ;  that 
those  who  are  but  imperfectly  informed  as  to  the  things 
of  the  kingdom  make  the  best  religious  instructors ;  in 
other  words,  you  need  hickory  trees  that  have  borne  the 
hickcry-nut,  from  which  fruit  in  turn  to  raise  young  trees 
of  the  same  kind..  The  Master  may  say  of  a  fruitless  Chris- 
tian as  of  a  fruitless  tree,  "Cut  it  down,  why  cumbereth  it 
the  ground?"  There  is  no  one  so  competent  to  help  people 
into  Christ  as  the  sanctified.  ("Amen !")  They  have 
walked  along  and  carefully  studied  the  whole  length  of 
both  justification  and  sanctification  and  are  thereby  the 
better  prepared  to  assist  others.  I  was  in  Illinois  at  a 
camp  and  was  sent  for  to  a  holiness  camp  meeting  some 
miles  away.  It  was  dusty  and  the  weather  warm,  and 
when  I  reached  the  point,  one  of  the  brethren  hastened 


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me.  I  inquired  "What  is  the  matter?"  He  said:  "An 
able  minister  is  going  to  preach  this  afternoon,  and  he  is 
sure  to  give  a  strong  sermon  against  hoHness.  We  want 
you  to  be  there  to  hear  him,  and,  if  you  can,  to  answer 
him."  Well  he  preached  his  sermon,  quoting  quite  def- 
initely from  John  Wesley  on  Justification,  and  he  sets  justi- 
fication very  high.  No  one  that  follows  Wesley  can 
minify  justification.  Following  the  preacher,  I  said  :  "That 
is  right.  In  the  grace  of  justification  we  are  glad  to  fol- 
low John  Wesley  closely."  But  my  sanctification  helps 
me  to  keep  my  justification.  What  we  want  is  sanctifica- 
tion to  help  us  keep  our  justification.  God  help  us  to 
keep  up  to  John  Wesley's  high  mark."  ("Amen.")  I  am 
glad  to  say  my  justification  is  ten  times  clearer  and 
stronger  because  of  the  added  grace  of  sanctification,  than 
it  could  possibly  be  apart  from  entire  sanctification.  ("That 
is  so !")  I  expect  to  go  through  on  my  justified  line  be- 
cause God  keeps  me  on  my  sanctified  line."  ("Amen!") 

Let  me  stop  to  tell  you  a  little  about  my  own  case.  I 
was  created  with  a  good,  strong  Scotch  will.  Although  I 
never  was  but  a  very  brief  visitor  in  Scotland,  I  have  in- 
herited a  strain  of  Scotch  blood.  Those  who  know  me 
well  say:  "What  a  tremendous  will  that  fellow  has."  I 
bless  God  that  I  have  a  strong  will  and  that  it  is  all  over 
on  the  side  of  God.  ("Amen!")  I  strove,  before  God 
sanctified  my  soul,  with  all  the  intensity  of  my  will  power, 
to  hold  on.  I  found  the  more  I  wound  up  my  will  power, 
the  more  my  spiritual  thermometer  dropped.  I  said : 
"This  will  not  do."  I  would  read  the  Scriptures  and  try 
to  overcome  my  lost  ground.  I  said :  "How  shall  I 
avoid  it?"  I  was  trying  to  go  through  on  my  will  power. 
The  first  thing  I  knew  I  was  sprawling  in  the  dust.  I 
would  get  up  and  brush  off  the  dirt  and  say :  "I  will  go  at 
it  again."    My  spiritual  thermometer  kept  dropping,  and  I 


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would  say  to  myself,  "Perhaps  you  didn't  wind  up  your 
will  power  tight  enough."  And  I  would  say :  "Now, 
will  power,  you  have  got  to  be  well  wound  up!  But  it 
was  only  to  go  through  the  same  sad  experience  as  he- 
fore.  It  is  thirty-five  years  or  more  since  God  sanctified 
my  soul,  and  I  am  a  witness  that  a  futile  reliance  on  my 
will  has  ceased.  ("Amen !")  It  is  not  my  will  power  any 
more.  If  it  were,  I  would  down  again.  It  is  because  I 
have  a  Httle  more  of  the  oneness  in  Christ.  I  said  to  the 
Lord,  I  can't  keep  myself.  Behold  some  difficulty  coming 
up  like  a  cloud,  O,  how  the  Spirit  can  reveal  difficulties, 
as  if  he  would  say,  "Look  out!  There  is  danger  ahead." 
That  was  the  condition  precisely  that  I  was  in  after  sancti- 
fication.  I  would  see  the  cloud,  and  would  get  down  be- 
fore God.  When  the  supposed  difficulty  and  I  came  to 
meet,  God  had  taken  all  the  lightning  out  of  it.  I  went 
through  beautifully,  as  though  in  a  clear  sky. 

Don't  you  remember  there  is  something  in  the  Scrip- 
ture about  standing  up  straight?  After  a  Christian  is 
sanctified,  how  he  can  stand  up  straight,  walking  like  a 
king !  ("Amen  !")  How  triumphantly  you  can  go  forth  ! 
Some  might  put  the  question :  "Would  you  say  you  have 
not  sinned  during  all  those  thirty-five  years  ?"  I  wouldn't 
like,  myself,  to  say  I  have  not  sinned  during  all  that  time. 
When  God  has  flashed  a  warning  upon  me,  that  I  might  be 
doing  something  wrong,  I  have  plunged  in  the  fountain 
and  come  up  clean  and  rejoicing.  Try  it  brother!  I 
cannot  say  what  is  to  come  up  before  me,  but  I  can  say: 
There  is  the  fountain.  When  I  was  a  boy,  I  learned  to 
dive,  and  when  I  have  the  slightest  hint  of  impending  harm, 
I  go  into  the  fountain  head  first,  and,  glory  to  Lod !  I  come 
up  clean.  There  is  a  fountain  open  in  the  House  of  David 
for  all  sin  and  uncleanness.    On  the  other  hand,  do  not 


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tell  me  that  you  can  say  "The  Lord's  Prayer"  every  day, 
in  the  expectation  to  go  out  and  repeat  sin.  ("No!") 
You  cannot  pray  "Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  done  in 
heaven,"  and  go  out  and  sin  and  come  back  saying,  "I 
pray  Thee  forgive."  Nothing  of  the  kind.  If,  while  you 
are  watching  and  praying,  you  find  you  have  thought  or 
done  something  you  cannot  believe  Jesus  would  have  you 
do,  get  into  the  fountain.  Don't  stop  to  argue.  Plunge 
into  the  fountain,  get  clean,  and  go  on  your  way  rejoicing 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

I  do  not  know  as  there  is  any  one  who  can  say  they 
have  not  sinned  for  thirty-five  years.  I  know  I  cannot,  be- 
fore God.  I  try  to  be  as  honest  before  you,  as  I  am 
honest  before  God.  But  these  thirty-five  years — how 
blessed  they  have  been! 

I  remember  a  July  morning  in  New  York.  I  had  to 
go  out  and  look  up  a  parsonage  myself.  I  had  been 
sent  in  the  middle  of  the  year,  without  knowledge  or 
consent  on  my  part,  to  a  charge  in  that  city.  That  Sab- 
bath was  a  hot  day,  and  pretty  nearly  ererybody  had 
gone  down  to  the  seashore  or  out  to  the  country.  I 
said  in  the  morning:  "If  the  Lord  lives,  and  will  help 
me,  this  up  and  down  religion  in  my  soul  has  got  to  end," 
and  a  voice  seemed  to  say,  "When?"  I  said,  "Now." 
"Where?"  I  said,  "Right  here.  There  is  only  one  way 
left.  I  will  make  a  complete  surrender  to  God."  I  had 
not  stolen;  I  had  not  sworn;  I  had  not  committed  any 
outrageous  sin,  but,  somehow,  there  was  a  dropping  in  my 
spiritual  thermometer.  I  said:  "That  has  got  to  stop." 
"How?"  "By  a  new  and  unreserved  gift  of  myself  to 
God."  "When?"  "Right  here  and  now."  "Suppose  it 
means  starvation  to  you  ?"  I  said,  "I  am  going  to  have  it. 
I  will  die,  but  I  will  have  it."  The  Scotch  will  got  up 
that  time.    ("Amen !")    (Will  you  pardon  this  little  per- 


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sonal  experience?)  I  saixd,  "I  may  have  a  clear  deed  to 
properties  now,  but  I  will  not  own  a  thing  when  the  breath 
has  gone  out  of  my  body  two  minutes.  Henceforth  all  I 
have  must  come  from  God,  and  must  be  acknowledged  as  a 
loan  from  Him  to  me."  The  Lord  said  to  me:  "What 
are  you  going  to  do  with  that  nice  sermon  you  have  pre- 
pared?" I  said:  "I  am  going  to  put  it  in  the  waste 
basket.  I  am  going  to  tell  those  tony  people  in  my  church 
what  I  have  experienced."  (''Amen !")  I  said  to  them : 
"Brethren,  you  don't  see  any  increase  in  my  height  or  my 
avoirdupois,  but  I  know  there  is  a  difference  in  here. 
(The  heart.)  There  is  a  sweet  peace  in  my  soul  that  tells 
me  God  has  sanctified  me."  They  did  see  a  difference 
before  long,  so  much  so,  that  they  wanted  to  get  rid  of 
me,  and  did  at  the  end  of  that  conference  year.  I  said : 
"Lord,  if  you  don't  give  me  any  special  joy  or  peace  or 
any  great  illumination  for  forty  years,  I  am  going  along 
saying:  It  is  settled.  It  is  done.  The  great  transac- 
tion is  done.  I  am  not  going  to  worry  about  that."  I  went 
three  or  four  days,  on  the  streets  and  in  the  cars,  up  and 
down  the  great  city  of  New  York,  saying,  "It's  done ! 
It's  done !  It's  done !"  What  a  task  I  had !  I  attended 
a  holiness  meeting.  As  I  began  there  to  say  "it's  done," 
"heaven  came  down  my  soul  to  greet."  Was  I  sanctified 
then?  I  was  sanctified  several  days  before  when  I  took 
God  at  His  word ;  when  I  laid  all  on  the  altar ;  when  I 
ungrudgingly  said,  I  don't  want  it  back :  but  if  the  Lord 
wants  more  he  shall  have  it ;  I  will  hunt  up-stairs,  down 
cellar,  and  every  where  to  find  something  additional  to 
put  on  the  altar.  It  is  so  good  to  have  all  on  the  altar. 
I  am  glad  to  be  a  cipher  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord.  I  be- 
Heve  God  has  made  'ten  times  more  of  me,  than  would 


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have  be€n  made,  had  I  continued  alon^  the  justified  Hne 
exclusively.  I  don't  know  how  much  time  God  has  given 
me  on  earth,  but,  if  He  were  to  let  me  have  a  million 
vears,  I  would  say:  "Lord  grant  them  so  that  I  may 
preach  holiness." 

My  brethren,  you  cannot  do  your  best  for  Jesus, 
without  sanctification.  You  may  not  be  giants  when  you 
are  sanctified,  but  you  will  be  infinitely  mure  success- 
ful in  Hi's  cause  with  perfect  love  than  without  it. 

'  O,  brother!  O,  sister!  Come  to  Jesus  that  He 
may  give  you  this  peace.  Perhaps  there  is  some  soul 
here  that  don't  know  about  His  pardoning-  grace.  I  pity 
you.    God  help  you  to  come  and  learn  of  Him. 

This  sermon  was  followed  by  a  blessed  and  victorious  altar 
service,  numbers  of  seekers  pressing  to  the  front. 

Sunday,  May  12. 

This  closing  day  of  the  Assembly  was  glorious  from 
beginning  to  end ;  and  we  would  gladly  furnish  our  read- 
ers every  testimony  and  song — every  exhortation  and 
prayer  with  a  full  li^port  of  its  sermons  and  a  full  descrip- 
tion of  its  large  and  blessed  altar  services.  Yet  either 
through,  the  failure  of  our  stenographer  or  loss  by  our 
printer  we  have  no  connected  report  of  the  day's  sevices 
with  the  exception  of  the  all  night  of  prayer,  a  report  of 
which  is  given  in  the  following  chapter. 

The  morning  lovc-feast  was  such  an  occasion  as 
might  have  been  anticipated  after  such  a  blessed  week  of 
victory.  The  morning  sermon  was  preached  l)v  Bro.  H. 
C.  McBride  and  was  spoken  of  by  those  wlio  heard  it  a'S 
one  of  the  crowning  blessings  ot  the  whole  Assemblv. 
Special  mention  of  tiiis  service  will  be  found  in  Bro.  Bur- 
lison's  report  in  the  chapter  entitled  "The  Best  Thing  in 


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the  Assembly.'^  Bro.  McBride's  sermon  was  written  up 
•by  our  stenographer  and  sent  him  for  correction  but  if  re- 
turned it  never  reached  us. 

Bro.  Walker  preached  in  the  afternoon  and  Bro.  Aura 
Smith  in  the  evening,  to  large  congregations.  Both  of 
these  were  excellent  sermons  followed  by  altars  crowded 
with  seekers ;  but  it  was  thought  best  to  only  report  one 
sermon  from  each  speaker,  and  we  have  already  given 
our  readers  a  sermon  by  each  of  these  two  brethren. 
During  this  same  day  over  thirty  appointments  were  filled 
in  different  parts  of  the  city  by  delegates  of  the  Assem- 
bly and  with  glorious  results ;  and  then  many  calls  for 
speakers  were  left  unsupplied  because  of  the  hesitacy  of 
many  to  take  street  cars  on  the  Sabbath  as  would  have 
been  necessary  in  this  city  of  great  distances.  At  the 
services  of  the  Assembly  and  those  held  in  the  city  that 
day  by  members  of  the  Assembly,  there  w*ere  many  scores 
if  not  hundreds  of  seekers,  and  a  large  number  converted, 
reclaimed,  or  made  perfect  in  love. 

Altogether,  this  last  day  of  the  Assembly,  ending  in 
the  all-night  session  of  waiting  upon  God  which  was  so 
blessedly  and  so  gloriously  owned  by  the  Spirit,  was  in- 
deed a  day  never  to  be  forgotten  by  those  who  shared  its 
precious  privileges  and  one  of  the  richest  seasons  of  grace 
in  which  it  has  ever  been  our  privilege  to  participate.  And 
we  believe  that  beyond  question  our  feelings  were  shared 
by  a  very  large  proportion  of  those  who  gathered  together 
that  blessed  Sabbath  day  in  that  upper  room  down  in  the 
very  heart  of  this  great  city  of  nearly  two  million  human 
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The  Second  AH  Night  of  Prayer. 

The  first  all  night  of  prayer  was  such  a  signal  victory 
resulting  in  so  much  visible  fruit,  that  it  was  thought 
best  to  have  another  at  the  close  of  the  Assembly.  We 
have  attended  many  all  nights  of  prayer,  but  this  was 
the  best  and  by  far  the  largest  we  have  ever  known. 
Stirring  songs,  thrilling  testimonies,  glowing  exhorta- 
tions and  powerful  altar  services  occupied  the  time.  Xo 
sermon  was  preached  after  the  regular  evening  service, 
yet  the  hours  passed  so  rapidly  that  many  failed  to  get  the 
opportunity  of  unburdening  their  hearts. 

At  twelve  o'clock  Sister  S.  B.  Shaw  gave  the  follow- 
ing exhortation : — 

Beloved!  This  ought  to  be, — I  believe  it  is.  already, 
to  all  of  our  hearts — a  solemn  time.  The  eternal  God, 
the  unchangeable  God,  has  a  purpose  in  thus  bringing  us 
together,  in  laving  it  upon  our  hearts  thus  to  wait  upon 
Him. 

We  have  been  singing  the  words :  **A  charge  to 
keep  I  have,  a  God  to  glorify."  How  wonderful,  how 
past  finding  out.  that  He,  through  His  wondrous  love 
should  commit  unto  us  a  part  of  His  own  blessed  work — 
the  work  of  salvation,  the  work  of  redemption,  the  crown- 
ing work  of  Christ !  It  was  by  "having  respect  unto  the 
rec@mpense  of  the  reward"  and  looking  forward  to  the 
joy  that  was  set  before  Him — the  joy  of  saving  lost  souls 
from  an  eternal  hell  and  making  them  partners  of  His 
throne,  that  He  was  enabled  to  endure  the  cross,  despis- 
ing the  shame,  and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand  of 
the  throne  of  God.  He  wants  to  make  us  sharers  of 
His  eternal  joy,  but  in  order  to  do  that.  He  must  make 
us  sharers  in  His  toil  and  sharers  in  His  suffering.  If  we 
want  to  know  much  of  His  joy,  we  must  go  with  Him  down 


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into  ithe  Garden  of  Gethsemane  and  share  His  agony.  We 
must  get  where  our  hearts  will  bleed  for  souls.  It  is 
glorious  to  shout  praises.  It  is  more  blessed  still,  in 
the  intercession  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  to  go  down  low  into 
the  garden  all  alone  with  Jesus,  and  allow  Him  to  give 
us  to  drink  of  His  cup  and  share  His  baptism  and  His 
sorrow  for  a  lost  world. 

O,  what  a  charge  God  has  given  to  us !  Who  dares 
to  say  none  will  be  found  among  the  lost,  because  you 
and  I  have  come  short  of  the  glory  of  God  and  have 
failed  to  keep,  fully,  the  charge  committed  into  our  hands  ? 
We  see  everywhere,  scores  and  hundreds  and  thousands 
of  lost  souls  !  Lost  souls  ! !  Lost  souls  ! ! !  pressing  their 
way  down  to  eternal  despair,  and  who  cares?  ("God 
help  us !")  Who  takes  it  to  heart  ?  Who  weeps  over  the 
desolation? 

O,  beloved,  we  come  short  of  the  charge  that  God 
gave  us  in  the  hour  when  He  first  spoke  peace  to  our 
souls.  So  surely  as  you  were  ever  converted ;  so  surely 
as  you  ever  knew  your  sins  were  forgiven,  and  your 
name  written  in  the  Lamb's  Book  of  Life,  God  gave  you 
a  charge  to  save  souls.    (*'Amen !") 

Who  of  us  in  this  house,  dares  to  say  that  from  that 
hour  we  have  walked  in  all  the  Hght  of  God,  and  gone  down 
to  the  depths  of  His  Love  as  He  would  have  us? 

"A  charge  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save. 
And  fit  it  for  the  sky." 

How  sadly  we  come  short!  I  am  not  bringing  a 
harsh  charge  against  you.  It  is  only  by  the  infinite 
mercies  of  God  that  He  has  spared  my  soul.  O  how 
sadly  we  come  short  of  being  what  we  might  have  been 


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for  God!  How  long  ago  our  hearts  ought  to  have  been 
enlarged  to  know  more  of  Him  and  His  wonderful 
love !  O,  the  souls  that  are  being  lost  all  about  us !  It  is 
a  time  to  go  down  before  God ;  it  is  a  time  to  weep 
over  the  places  where  we  have  come  short  of  His  will 
and  His  glory.  (''Amen !")  It  is  time  for  us  to  say,  from 
the  very  depths  of  our  souls,  God  helping  us,  we  will 
work  for  His  cause  as  never  before ;  ("Amen !")  That 
we  will  watch  and  pray  as  never  before;  that  we  will 
open  our  hearts  to  the  love  of  Jesus,  as  we  never  opened 
them  before.  We  haven't  sounded  the  depths,  nor  meas- 
ured the  breadth  of  this  wonderful  Word  of  God. 
("Amen!")  Souls!  Souls!!  Souls!!!  for  whom  Jesus  shed 
His  very  life-blood,  dropping,  dropping,  dropping,  by  our 
side,  next  door  to  us  and  all  around  us.  Dropping,  drop- 
ping, dropping,  into  an  eternal  perdition ! 

I  tell  you  there  is  not  one  of  us  here  tonight,  but 
needs  the  blood.  ("Amen!")  Thank  God  there  is  atone- 
ment for  everyone  of  us.  But  when  you  and  I  stand 
before  the  judgment  bar  of  God,  and  He  lets  us  see 
souls  go  out  to  an  eternal  night,  that  we  might  have 
brought  to  Christ  had  we  permitted  Him  to  use  us  as 
He  would — how  shall  we  feel  about  the  souls,  the  lost 
souls,  that  it  is  then  too  late  to  win  ?  ("God  help  us !") 
Now,  we  have  the  opportunity.  They  are  all  about  us, 
and  God  has  spared  us  for  the  work.  If  we  fail  to  win 
souls  to  Christ,  it  is  because  our  love  is  so  small.  O 
may  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost  get  us  down  tonight 
where  we  may  receive  a  mighty  baptism  of  holy  love  that 
will  melt  our  hearts  down  at  the  foot  of  the  Cross  of 
Jesus,  that  He  may  send  us  out  to  do  His  bidding! 
("Amen!  Glory  to  God!") 

The  small  hours  of  the  morning  witnessed  a  mOvSt 


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glorious  altar  service  and  among  the  seekers  for  holiness 
were  several  young  men,  some  of  whom  were  students 
from  Moody's  Bible  Institute.  With  glowing  faces  and 
hearts  aflame  with  their  new  found  perfect  love,  they 
rang  out  their  testimonies  with  no  uncertain  sound. 

One  of  the  touching  and  stirring  experiences  of  the 
night  was  that  of  a  young  lady  who  lay  for  a  long  time 
under  the  power  of  the  Spirit.  Then  she  arose  and  it 
seemed  by  real  inspiration  began  to  exhort  the  Christian 
workers  in  a  manner  that  was  simply  marvelous,  thrilling 
the  hearts  of  all  present. 

There  was  a  freedom  among  the  saints  which  was 
very  marvelous.  Sister  Sarah  A.  Cooke,  seventy-three 
years  of  age,  one  of  the  two  women  who  was  used  of 
God  in  showing  Mr.  Moody  his  need  of  the  baptism 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  was  present.  The  Spirit  fell  upon 
this  little  woman  and  with  the  nimbleness  of  a  little  child 
she  skipped  back  and  forth  in  front  of  the  altar  in  a 
way  that  brought  the  glory  down  and  became  a  real  bless- 
ing to  the  people.  Bro.  Frank  Hall  of  the  Moody  Bible 
Institute  danced  up  and  down  the  aisle  in  an  ecstacy  of 
delight,  while  some  were  shouting  and  others  were  weep- 
ing and  prevailing  with  God  in  prayer,  and  yet  all  things 
were  done  decently  and  in  order. 

The  following  is  copied  from  an  article  written  by 
Evangelist  Hattie  E.  Livingston  to  the  Pentecostal 
Herald : 

"While  each  and  every  session  was  precious  and  full 
of  spiritual  help,  the  all  night  of  prayer  was  to  me  the 
crowning  service  of  the  Assembly.  While  there  had  been 
many  wonderful  tokens  of  the  divine  approval  and  pres- 
ence, the  all  night  of  prayer  excelled  in  the  mighty 
presence  of  the  all-conquering  Christ.      Brother  Aura 


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Smith  preached  in  the  evening  with  great  unction.  The 
sermon  was  followed  by  an  altar  service  of  wonderful 
power.  The  altar  was  packed.  In  fact,  many  could  not 
get  to  the  altar. 

Brother  S.  B.  Shaw  took  charge  of  the  all  night 
meeting  which  was  turned  over  to  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
He  had  right  of  way  during  the  entire  service.  The  night 
was  spent  in  prayer  and  songs  and  altar  services.  Many 
souls  bounded  into  great  liberty  and  victory.  The  tide  rose 
higher  until  the  morning  hours;  Tears,  groans,  songs, 
and  shouts  of  victory  made  us  realize  the  Holy  Spirit  was 
present  not  only  in  melting  hearts  together  and  lifting 
Christians  into  Heavenly  places  in  Christ  Jesus  and  re- 
vealing unto  them  some  of  the  heights  and  depths  of 
the  love  of  Christ,  but  many  souls  leaped  into  glorious 
victory  finding  the  pardon  of  their  sins ;  others  the  cleans- 
ing fountain  and  the  mighty  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

The  crowning  service  was  about  4  o'clock  in  the 
morning.  After  a  season  of  prayer  that  touched  the 
throne,  an  invitation  was  given  to  those  who  wanted 
healing  and  the  altar  was  again  packed  and  some  were 
healed.  Thrilling  testimonies  of  Christ's  power  to  keep, 
cleanse,  and  fill,  with  marvelous  answers  to  prayer  for 
soul  and  body,  were  given.  As  we  separated  in  the 
morning  we  felt  it  had  been  a  night  spent  wtih  God  "in  the 
more  excellent  glory'  and  the  Assembly  had  been  indeed 
a  ten  days  of  waiting  on  God." 

Bro.  G.  W.  Ridout  in  an  article  ito  the  Christian 
Standard  relative  to  the  all  night  of  prayer  says,  after 
giving  a  glowing  report  of  the  sermon  and  altar  service 
of  the  evening:  "This  was  next  succeeded  by  an  all 
night  of  prayer,  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  S.  B.  Shaw. 


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It  was  entered  into  most  unanimously.  People  came  in 
from  other  churches  to  participate  in  it,  and  the  people 
of  God  from  everywhere  met  in  one  place,  being  of  one 
accord,  to  pray  for  another  Pentecost.  They  began  to 
pray — preachers,  evangelists,  workers,  all  classes — for  the 
outpouring  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Just  past  midnight  there 
was  a  heavenly  cloudburst.  The  power  of  God  fell  upon 
the  company,  and  a  holy  tumult  ensued,  in  which  many 
of  the  saints  cried  aloud  for  joy.  This  service  gave  many 
the  assurance  of  great  victory  in  the  coming  days  for  the 
cause  of  holiness. 

"The  Assembly  closed  in  the  spirit  of  faith  and  praise. 
'Glory  be  to  the  Father  and  to  the  Son  and  to  the  Holy 
Ghost.'  " 

The  Open  Air  Work  of  the  Assembly. 

One  of  the  most  important  branches  of  the  work  of 
the  Assembly  was  the  open  air  services.  This  very  impor- 
tant work  has  been  much  neglected  by  Christian  workers 
generally.  The  holiness  people,  above  all  others,  ought 
to  be  an  example  in  this  line  of  religious  work.  Multi- 
tudes never  go  inside  a  church  to  hear  the  Gospel,  neither 
do  they  go  to  any  other  place  of  worship.  We  should 
live  so  near  God  that  if  people  do  not  come  where  we  are 
we  should  go  to  them.  If  we  are  in  the  divine  order,  God  will 
constrain  us  to  seek  after  lost  souls  wherever  they  can  be 
found.  Humanity,  without  grace,  are  prone  to  evil  and 
that  continually.  If  we  let  them  alone,  their  evil  natures 
will  lead  them  away  frojn  God,  and  they  will  surely  stum- 
ble over  each  other  as  they  throng  the  broad  way  to 
death  and  eternal  night.  There  was  once  a  picture  in  a  Sal- 
vation Army  War  Cry  illustrating  this  sad  thought.  It  rep- 
resented the  teeming  mass  of  humanity  filling  the  broad 
way  and  rushing  on  towards  the  precipice  of  hell.  There 


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were  the  Salvationists,  some  on  their  knees  and  others 
with  uph'fted  hands,  trying  to  stop  them  from  awful  de- 
struction, illustrating  the  fact  that  the  world  had  stampeded 
for  the  pit  and  they  were  trying  to  head  off  as  many  as 
possible. 

Some  of  the  greatest  opportunities  of  a  life  time  are 
to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  masses  on  the  streets  of  our 
cities.  Many  of  the  mission  workers  are  preaching  to 
more  people  during  a  summer  on  the  streets  than  the 
pastors  of  the  largest  churches. 

The  open  air  meetings  were  greatly  blessed  of  God, 
and  this  effort  was  used  of  the  Lord  in  increasing  the  at- 
tendance of  the  Assembly.  In  these  street  services  a 
goodly  number  of  people  manifested  a  desire  to  be  saved, 
and  some  knelt  on  the  street  to  be  prayed  for  and  then 
followed  the  workers  to  the  church. 

Earnest  prayers,  powerful  exhortations  and  inspiring 
songs  were  the  order  of  these  open  air  services.  The 
labors  of  Sisters  Sarah  A.  Cooke  and  Beatrice  Beasley, 
who  had  charge  of  this  department  of  the  work,  were 
greatly  blessed  of  God.  Colonels  Peck  and  Mayhew  with 
several  other  Christian  Crusaders  with  a  brass  band  fur- 
nished excellent  music  which  was  used  of  God  in  draw- 
ing the  crowds  and  adding  to  the  interest  of  the  meetings. 

This  little  band  of  open  air  workers  was  not  ashametl 
of  their  colors,  for  they  carried  a  large  banner  on  which 
were  words  which  could  be  easily  read  at  a  distance,  ad- 
vertising the  Holiness  Assembly  and  the  work  of  God. 

By  request,  Sister  Sarah  A?  Cooke  furnishes  the  fol- 
lowing : 

As  our  Holiness  Assembly  gathered  from  the  north, 
south,  east  and  west,  consisting  mostly  of  those  who  had 
not  only  tasted  of  the  Bread  of  life  but  were  well  able 


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to  break  it  to  others,  our  hearts  began  to  be  moved  for 
the  multitudes  all  around  us,  perishing  for  lack  of  knowl- 
edge. Soon,  we  mentioned  to  Bro.  Shaw  our  conviction 
that  we  ought  to  hold  street  meetings.  He  at  once  re- 
sponded and  it  was  brought  before  the  Assembly.  Sister 
Beaseley  and  myself  were  placed  in  charge.  Right  in  the 
very  center  of  the  city  is  this  First  Methodist  church, 
which  is  but  a  good  stone's  throw  from  the  Court  House. 
Permission  was  granted  by  the  Supt.  of  Police  to  hold 
meetings  there  every  night  before  the  evening  service. 
When  the  weather  permitted,  we  were  there  each  even- 
ing as  well  as  on  each  Sabbath,  on  which  days  we  held 
two  or  three  meetings. 

Our  right  hand  helper  was  Bro.  A.  Jacobs,  a  man 
full  of  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  He  was  the  son 
of  a  saloon  keeper  and  formerly  served  behind  the  saloon 
bar,  when  the  Spirit  of  God  arrested  and  through 
the  Word  gloriously  saved  him.  Since  then  he  has  been 
greatly  blessed  in  saving  others.  From  his  daily  labors 
he  would  join  us,  but  it  was  hard  work  to  get  our 
preachers  out  on  the  street.  Is  not  this  one  of  the 
greatest  lacks  of  our  times?  They  tell  us  there  are  forty- 
eight  millions  of  people  in  the  United  States  who  attend 
no  place  of  worship  whatever,  and  the  command,  mostlv 
unheeded,  is,  "Go  ye  out  into  the  highways  and  into  the 
streets  and  lanes  of  the  city  and  compel  them  to  come 
in."  Jesus,  Himself  and  His  own  apostles  led  the  way. 
"Go  ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature  and  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway." 

Here  have  been  won  the  great  victories  of  other  days. 
It  was  said  of  Geo.  Whitefield,  the  earth  was  his  pulpit, 
the  heavens  his  sounding  board.  Five  hundred  trophies 
of  God's  grace  and  power  to  save,  snatched  in  one  day 


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from  the  power  of  the  destroyer.  It  was  a  Fair  dav 
at  Moorfiel^  in  the  suburbs  of  London.  In  vain  his 
timid  friends  told  him  he  would  never  come  out  of  that 
place  alive.  It  was  the  annual  Fair  where  the  scum  and 
blacklegs  of  London  gathered  once  a  year.  Three  or  four 
times  in  the  course  of  the  day  his  platform  was  over- 
turned and  builit  up  again,  and  that  God-filled  voice  would 
keep  drawing  the  crowds  around  him.  Nothing  on  earth 
is  so  attractive  as  the  Gospel  to  the  restless  multitude 
when  preached  with  the  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from 
heaven;  nothing  much  drier  than  the  mere  letter  with- 
out the  Spirit.  No  out  of  door  congregation  can  long 
be  held  or  mterested  without  it.  Charles  Finney  and 
Charles  Spurgeon,  were  twin  brothers  in  their  mighty 
exhortations  to  their  students  never  to  preach  without 
it.  This  was  as  the  secret  of  their  own  marvelous  suc- 
cess. 

The  greatest  sermon  ever  preached  on  this  green 
earth  was  preached  by  our  Lord  on  the  mountain.  The 
sermon  of  Peter  on  the  day  of  'Pentecost  when  three 
thousand  were  launched  into  the  kingdom  was  preached 
on  the  streets  of  Jerusalem. 

May  the  language  of  our  hearts  be  that  of 
the  sainted  Wesley: 

"The  love  of  Christ  doth  me  constrain 
To  seek  the  wandering  souls  of  men  ; 
With  cries,  entreaties,  tears,  to  save, 
To  snatch  them  from  the  gaping  grave. 

"Give  me  Thy  strength,  O  God  of  power; 
Then  let  winds  blow,  or  thunders  roar, 
Thy  faithful  witness  will  I  be : 
'Tis  fixed ;  I  can  do  all  through  Thee. 

"Yea,  let  men  rage;  since  Thou  wilt  spread 
Thy  shadowing  wings  around  my  head; 
Since  in  all  pain  Thy  tender  love 
Will  still  my  sure  refreshment  prove.'* 


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The  Best  Thing  in  the  Assembly  for  Me. 

Sarah  A.  Cooke,  Evangelist,  Chicago,  111:  To  me 
there  was  much  of  interest  in  the  Assemoiy  in  the  gather- 
ing together  of  so  many  of  God's  elect.  Many  were 
there  of  the  princes  in  God's  Israel  who  had  long  borne 
the  heat  and  burden  of  the  day.  Amongst  the  first  was 
Bro.  Hughes,  so  long  the  editor  of  "The  Guide  to  Holi- 
ness" whose  pure  streams  have  refreshed  and  gladdene  l 
many  hearts.  Bro.  Doty,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  who  told 
us  that  twenty  years  ago  he  might  have  landed  in  glory 
but  knew  it  was  more  important  for  the  church's  sake 
to  remain  here.  Yes,  dear  brother,  heaven  will  be  the 
richer  for  your  stay  on  earth,  weak  and  frail  in  body, 
but  strong  in  faith,  an  able  minister  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  Bro.  Haney,  we  had  not  seen  for  many  years, 
grand  Captain  on  many  a  camp  ground,  a  leader  and 
commander  of  the  people;  no  police  force  ever  needed 
when  he  took  charge  of  a  camp  meeting.  We  see  dan- 
ger in  all  the  work  of  God,  of  our  preachers  choosing 
an  easier  part.  How  they  need  to  brace  up  by  reading 
the  lives  of  our  great  leaders.  Their  unceasing  toil  and 
self  sacrifice,  the  one  path  to  insure  victory  and  the  very 
Spirit  of  our  divine  Lord.  Bro.  Allen,  of  Iowa,  and 
many  others  were  with  us,  who  bore  legibly  on  their 
foreheads,  "holiness  unto  the  Lord." 

One  marked  feature  much  impressed  me :  The  com- 
mencement inaugurated  by  a  night  of  prayer  and  clos- 
ing on  the  Sabbath  by  another  all  night  meeting.  Be- 
ginning at  7 130  p.  m.,  without  any  intermission,  it  r^n  on 
till  4:30  Monday  morning.     O,  what  a  night  of  victory! 

"While  heaven  came  dovvn  our  souls  to  greet, 
And  glory  crowned  the  mercy  seat." 


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There  was  no  program,  which  is  often  a  great  hin- 
drance to  the  Spirit's  work.  Prayer,  preaching,  exhorta- 
tion, songs  and  altar  services;  the  joy  of  the  new  born 
soul,  mingling  with  the  sobs  of  the  penitent,  and  then 
the  glowing  testimonies  of  those  who  had  long  walked 
with  God ;  the  touches  of  divine  glory  making  them  shout 
aloud  with  joy,  dance  or  leap  before  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 
True  as  ever,  the  joy  of  the  Lord  is  the  strength  of 
his  people  in  body  as  well  as  in  soul. 

Reaching  my  home  at  5  130  Monday  morning  I  felt 
just  as  rested  as  if  I  had  slept  all  night. 

Mrs.  C.  A.  West,  Chicago:  That  part  of  the  As- 
sembly that  was  the  most  strikingly  blessed  to  me  was 
a  portion  of  the  illustrated  sermon  of  Evangelist  W.  E. 
Shepard  of  California.  He  was  preaching  on  the  line 
of  consecration  and  when  he  came  to  the  unknown  bundle, 
showing  what  might  come  up  after  one's  sanctification,  he 
touched  on  the  dress  question.  Suddenly  a  flood  of  light 
beamed  in  on  my  soul,  revealing  the  fact  that  I  had 
not  been  careful  to  follow  the  Scripture  injunction  con- 
cerning modest  apparel.  I  went  home  and  began  to 
arrange  my  wardrobe  so  as  to  correspond  with  the  pro- 
fession of  holiness,  and  now  by  the  grace  of  God  I  am 
enabled  to  dress  plain  as  becometh  one  professing  god- 
liness. 

,  Rev.  H.  S.  Willing,  Indianapolis,  Ind. : — My  strongest 
impression  during  the  Assembly  was  following  a  preach- 
ing service  when  a  sister  delegate  from  the  western  frontier 
country  delivered  a  stirring  appeal  for  workers  for  that 
needy  and  neglected  field  who  would  not  make  money  an 
object  in  going,  but  who  possessed 

"A  soul  inured  to  pain, 

To  hardship,  grief  and  loss/' 


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She  declared  (scripturally)  that  a  true  man  of  God 
would  not  be  bought  nor  sold  nor  require  a  stipulated 
salary  to  work  for  God  and  souls. 

Minnie  R.  Willing,  Indianapolis,  Ind : — The  thing- 
most  noticeable  to  me  during  the  Assembly  was,  that  the 
preaching  service  was  crowded  out  one  morning  because 
of  the  spirit  of  prayer  that  rested  on  many  hearts.  The 
leaders  of  the  meeting  gave  way  to  the  Holy  Ghost.  Near 
the  close  of  the  prayer  service  many  came  to  the  altar. 
Thank  God  for  the  possibility  of  prevailing  prayer. 

E.  Goodman  of  Chicago : — We  have  many  reasons 
for  which  to  thank  God  because  of  the  Holiness  As- 
sembly in  Qur  city.  Among  the  foremost  of  its  benefits 
to  my  soul  was  the  intense  and  continued  spirit  of  prayer 
that  prevailed.  The  early  morning  prayer  meetings  were 
characterized  by  the  "fervent,  effectual  prayer  of  the 
righteous"  which  availeth  much.  The  altar  services  proved 
that  the  old  time  power  in  travail  of  soul  had  not  yet 
died  out.  The  long  prayer  roll  which  Brother  Geo. 
Hughes  brought  with  him,  stretched  twice  across  the 
church  and  the- many  requests  for  prayer  daily  showed 
that  God's  holy  people  still  believe  that  prayer  in  the 
Holy  Ghost  is  the  greatest  factor  in  promoting  the  life 
and  experience  of  holiness.  The  good  that  has  been 
efifected  by  the  Assembly  in  promoting  the  revival  of 
Pentecostal  praying  and  thus  hastening  the  Millennium 
cannot  be  over  estimated.    To  God  be  all  the  glory. 

Evangelist  Hiram  Ackers,  Big  Prairie,  Ohio : — The 
best  thing  to  me  was  the  continual  presence  and  mani- 
festation of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  keeping  us  all  one  in 
Christ  Jesus,  holding  us  in  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  on 
the  Bible  doctrine  of  justification  and  entire  sanctifica- 
tion. 


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Evangelist  W.  E.  Shepard  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal : — "The 
best  thing  in  the  Assembly."  The  good  part  was  to  be  there. 
The  better  part  was  the  presence  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
in  our  midst.  The  best  part  was  the  salvation  of  sin- 
ners and  the  sanctification  of  believers  which  the  presence 
of  the  Holy  One  brought  to  so  many. 

The  direct  pointed  thing  that  most  impressed  me 
during  the  Assembly  was  at  the  close  of  Bro.  Hughes' 
sermon.  With  the  burden  of  souls  upon  his  heart  and 
the  sense  of  their  need  pressing  in  upon  him,  that  aged, 
white-haired  saint  of  nearly  four  score  years,  with  upraised 
hands  and  pleading  voice,  left  the  pulpit  and  rushed  down 
the  aisle  calling  upon  the  people  to  come  to  God.  Quick 
as  a  flash,  Bro.  S.  B.  Shaw  leaped  upon  the  platform, 
and,  with  stentorian  voice,  called  the  people  to  the  altar 
and  to  get  down  before  God.  It  seemed  as  if  volts  from 
a  mighty  dynamo  had  struck  the  people  and  with  one 
accord  we  went  down  before  God.  Oh,  for  more  shocks 
from  heaven's  battery  that  s-et  things  in  motion !  Amen ! 

Evangelist  C.  J.  Fowler  of  Haverhill,  Mass :  Among 
the  not  a  few  things  that  impressed  me  and  were  a 
genuine  blessing  to  me  in  the  Assembly,  was  the  spirit  of 
unity  which  prevailed.  I  had  not  gotten  fairly  away  from 
Chicago,  when  I  received  a  letter  from  a  good  and  in- 
telligent friend  of  holiness,  asking  me  to  do  him  the  favor 
of  taking  the  time  to  write  him,  giving  the  exact  facts 
concerning  the  divisions  he  saw  mentioned  in  the  secular 
papers  somewhere,  which  he  regarded  as  a  very  serious 
reproach  to  holiness  and  the  Assembly  particularly. 

I  was  glad  to  write  him  that  the  report  was  utterly  un- 
founded;  that  the  Assembly  was  of  the  greatest  har- 
mony. Of  course  this  should  be  expected.  If  holiness  is 
what  it.  is  preached  to  be,  and  certainly  as  taught  to  be 
in  the  word  of  our  God,  the  coming  together  of  holy 


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people  can  but  be  the  gathering  which  above  all  others, 
is  an  object  lesson  of  the  truth  itself.  The  delegates 
were  quite  a  number  (219)  and  from  all  quarters  and 
from  all  denominations  and  from  no  denominations,  rep- 
resenting diversified  views  relative  to  many  important  yet 
minor  questions,  but  in  this  HoHness  Assembly  were  all 
one;  and  this,  when  the  meeting  was  deliberative,  as  well 
as  evangelistic.  A  purely  spiritual,  or  evangelistic  meet- 
ing, would  not  present  the  opportunity  for  the  manifesta- 
tion of  differences,  which  might  seem  to  present  a  very 
divisive  spirit,  that  a  me'eting  would,  which  was  some- 
what devoted  to  the  discussion  of  doctrines  and  methods, 
as  was  this  one ;  but  even  here,  there  was  manifest  the 
fact  that  the  heart  experience  of  genuine  holiness,  causes 
people  who  have  it,  to  see  alike  on  the  great  essentials 
of  salvation,  and  agree  to  disagree,  in  a  genuinely  Chris- 
tian spirit,  relative  to  all  else. 

I  am  blest  not  a  little  in  such  a  meeting  as  the  As- 
sembly, as  I  see  this  spirit  of  the  Christ  manifest.  I 
see  it  nowhere  as  do  I  among  the  people  whom  God 
has  sanctified.  This  is  the  purpose  of  sanctification,  ac- 
cording to  our  Lord's  own  prayer.  He  declares  that 
the  salvation  of  the  world  depends  upon  the  unity  that 
Christian  sanctity  gives.  The  Assembly  illustrated  it.  It 
was  a  blessing  to  be  there. 

Capt.  Otto  Wendel,  Peiro,  Iowa  : — What  impressed  me 
most  at  the  Assembly  was.  First:  Meeting  so  many  old 
co-workers  and  so  many  of  whom  I  had  read  but  had 
not  seen, — a  type  of  the  grand  reunion  in  heaven. 

Second:  The  progress  in  the  holiness  work.  In 
July,  1878,  I  went  180  miles  to  Clear  Lake,  Iowa,  to  hear 
my  first  sermon  on  holiness  at  a  camp  held  by  Inskip, 
Wood  and  McDonald.    Here  I  received  the  experience 


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definitely.  Later  I  traveled  with  the  first  tabernacle  cam- 
paign in  Iowa  to  spread  Scriptural  holiness. 

The  unity,  spirit,  wide  representation  of  the  Assem- 
bly, and  above  all,  the  outpouring  and  manifestations  of 
the  Spirit  in  blessing  to  soul  and  body,  will  go  with  me 
through  eternity. 

Sister  M.  J.  McKinnon,  Dallas,  Tex. :— I  shall  ever 
be  thankful,  that  in  the  providence  of  God,  I  was  privileged 
to  attend  the  holiness  assembly.  The  unity  of  the  Spirit 
that  prevailed  was  marvelous.  The  most  impressive  antt 
helpful  service  to  me  was  the  last  Saturday  morning  of 
the  Assembly,  when,  Jacob  like,  the  saints  prevailed  with 
God,  and  His  Spirit  was  poured  out  upon  us.  Sister  S. 
B.  Shaw  was  for  hours  prostrated  under  the  power  of 
God ;  after  which  we  witnessed  the  salvation  of  souls,  the 
reclamation  of  backsliders  and  the  sanctification  of  be- 
lievers. Many  were  the  demonstrations  of  God's  power 
too  numerous  to  mention. 

Evangelst  S.  B  Shaw,  Chcago,  111. :— The  thing  that 
made  the  deepest  impression  on  my  mind  was  the  weeping 
and  crying  to  God  on  the  part  of  some  of  the  saints  for 
souls  and  the  desolation  of  Zion.  The  unearthlv  burden 
for  souls,  and  the  prevailing  prayers  brought  waves  of 
glory  to  many  hearts.  I  was  greatly  moved  while  listen- 
ing to  the  sermon  of  Bro.  Geo.  Hughes.  I  was  so  moved 
during  his  talk  that  I  could  not  keep  still.  Near  the  close 
of  the  sermon  I  had  an  unearthly  burden  to  exhort.  When 
he  left  the  pulpit  and  rushed  down  the  aisle,  I  was  thrust 
forward  and  constrained  to  cry  aloud  to  the  people  to 
fall  on  their  faces  and  pour  out  their  hearts  to  God.  The 
people  rushed  to  the  altar  and  many  began  to  weep 
and  to  cry  to  God.    The  glory  of  God  was  revealed  in 


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a  wonderful  manner.  Many  seekers  found  their  way  to 
the  altar. 

EvangeHst  H.  L.  Jones,  Wild  Cherry,  Ark.: — ^Above 
everything  that  impressed  me  was  the  oneness  of  the 
leaders. 

Bro.  Fowler  said  he  hoped  the  proceedings  would 
not  be  too  parliamentary. 

Sister  Amanda  Smith  said  on  one  occasion,  when 
they  were  making  quite  a  fuss  in  the  altar:  ''Still  the 
people,  Lord,  so  Thou  mayest  speak  to  them." 

Sister  Sarah  Cooke  said  after  a  long  prayer  with- 
out much  fire :  "Don't  pray  too  long.  Just  speak  what 
is  in  your  heart  and  believe  God,  and  give  some  one  else 
a  chance  to  pray." 

I  would  like  to  attend  another  Assembly  like  it. 

Rev.  James  Harris,  Guelph,  Canada: — It  was  good 
to  be  there.  It  is  hard  to  say  what  was  best  when  all 
was  good.  The  thrill  of  the  soul  as  it  felt  the  precious 
unity  in  the  beautiful  diversity  of  an  assembly  of  saints 
from  so  many  places  and  so  far  from  each  other,  and 
yet  all  of  whom  had  experienced  the  entire  sanctifying 
power  of  the  precious  Spirit  of  God ;  the  beautiful  and 
timely  singing  led  by  our  dear  Brother  and  Sister  Har- 
ris, where  choruses,  repeated  again  and  again  by  the 
joy-filled  Assembly,  lifted  our  souls  to  heaven.  The  ex- 
periment of  our  dear  Bro.  Hills  of  Texas  in  starting  a 
Holiness  College  for  the  training  of  the  youth  under  the 
overshadowing  of  sanctifying  power :  the  preaching  o? 
the  Word,  presenting  the  great  truth  of  holiness  as  the 
duty  and  privilege  of  every  Christian  believer,  especially 
the  clearness  with  which  the  preachers  showed  that  sin 
existed  in  the  soul  of  the  justified  believer,  and  that  entire 
sanctification  was  the  cleansing  of  the  soul  from  this 


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"filthiness  of  the  flesh  and  spirit"  by  the  blood  of  Christ, 
and  that  the  spirit  would  then  fill  the  cleansed  spirit,  soul 
and  body;  the  Pentecostal  baptisms  which  we  experi- 
enced as  we  bowed  togetlfer  around  the  consecrated  altar, 
feeling  as  we  did,  that  God  was  putting  His  seal  upon 
our  proceedings,  by  filling  and  empowering  us  afresh 
to  go  forth  and  spread  holiness  throughout  the  world ; 
these  were  among  the  best  things  in  the  Assembly  for  me. 

Rev.  B.  Winget,  Chicago,  111. The  best  thing  in  the 
Assembly  for  me  was  the  object  lesson  it  gave  of  the 
fulfillment  of  our  Lord's  prayer  found  in  John  17:  21. 
Surely,  if  a  company  of  people,  like  those  who  constituted 
this  Assefnbly,  gathered  from  many  places,  widely  sepa- 
rated, and  who  had  been  educated  so  differently,  and  who 
came  from  such  varied  environments,  having  never  met 
before,  all  taught  the  same  doctrines,  telling  the 
same  experiences,  and  worshiping  together  in  the  Holy 
Ghost,  what  possibilities,  in  accordance  with  our  Savior's 
prayer,  may  be  realized  on  the  part  of  the  church ! 

Evangelist  J.  R.  Allen,  Waterloo,  Iowa: — "The  best 
thing  in  the  Assembly  for  me,"  was  the  united,  rapt,  long 
continued  prayers  of  the  hundreds  of  God's  truly  sanctified 
people. 

Here  they  were  from  every  part  of  this  great  land 
and  from  other  lands,  men  and  women  of  deep  piety,  vic- 
tors over  self  and  sin,  looking  to  God  alone,  and  while 
they  invited  the  Holy  Spirit's  rigid  heart  searching,  they 
plead  to  be  made  more  like  God  in  character. 

Is  it  to  be  wondered  at,  that  at  that  time,  no  other 
business  could  be  done,  that  no  man  of  God  could  preach, 
that  all  song  was  hushed,  that  that  wise  and  blessed  man, 
Dr.  Fowler,  President  of  the  Assembly,  could  only  throw 


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himself  upon  his  knees  and  give  up  all  direction  to  the 
only  master  of  holy  assemblies,  the  Holy  Ghost? 

Great  leaders  forgot  all  leadership  and  cried  aloud 
to  God.  Men  and  women  of  various  callings,  ministers 
and  laymen  alike,  forgot  all  surroundings,  were  oblivious 
to  men  and  things,  while  they  prostrated  themselves  before 
the  divine  One. 

What  men  saw  and  felt  and  heard  by  supernatural 
sense  could  never  be  expressed.  Wave  after  wave  of 
divine  power  seemed  to  pass  over  the  people.  Now  and 
again  great  shouting  and  hand  clapping  prevailed,  and 
then  almost  perfect  silence,  to  be  followed  again  by  loud 
demonstrations  of  holy  joy. 

It  seemed  to  this  writer  that  the  people  generally 
who  were  interested  in  the  promulgation  of  gospel  holi- 
ness, and  were  able  to  come  to  this  gathering,  came  ex- 
pecting the  opening  of  a  new  and  far  more 
successful  epoch  in  the  ''Holiness  Movement."  For 
this  they  had  prayed  at  home ;  for  this  they  came  to  Chi- 
cago to  wrestle  in  prayer  together.  Hence,  the  answer 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  was  to  be  expected  in  some  super- 
natural way.  The  Assembly  felt  that  God  assured  it 
that  His  presence  and  power  should  attend  ithe  special 
work  of  holiness  as  never  before. 

The  holiness  people  were  shown  their  individual  weak- 
nesses. They  saw  that  the  chief  obstacle  to  mighty  ad- 
vance lay  in  themselves.  The  fearful  opposition  of  a  carnal 
church,  the  contempt  of  worldly  people,  the  voice  of  de- 
traabion  and  persecution  were  nothing,  when  holiness  peo- 
ple not  only  taught  but  always  felt  and  exhibited  perfect 
love. 

They  saw  that  the  desire  to  be  leaders  and,  hence, 
the  separation  into  factions,  and  the  mutual  critittism  of 
these  leaders  and  factions,  led  people  to  lose  the  true 


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Spirit,  and  sink  the  true  object  in  the  desire  to  be  great 
in  leadership.  They  saw  also,  that  the  zeal  of  many 
was  not  united  with  deep  humility,  constant  forbearance 
and  perfect  love. 

Oh,  how  the  people  prayed  for  that  Spirit  which  would 
unite  and  not  divide !  How  clearly  'they  saw  that  any  in- 
dividual or  body  of  individuals  who  gives  way  to  a  harsh, 
criticising  spirit,  in  the  work  of  spreading  Scriptural  holi- 
ness, will  defeat  that  object,  and  themselves  sooner  or 
later  will  imbibe  and  teach  gross  errors. 

How  easy  for  weak  men  to  substitute  their  own  ideas 
for  the  teachings  of  God ! 

How  certain  it  is  that  they  will  do  this,  when  they 
give  way  to  desires  for  personal  prominence,  rather  than 
that  of  living  alone  to  the  glory  of  God!  Oh,  that  all 
of  God's  sanctified  people  may  continually  cry  to  be  kept 
from  a  resurrection  of  self  and  sin !   Amen  and  Amen ! 

Evangelist  C.  B.  Jernigan,  Greenville,  Tex.: — '*The 
thing  that  most  forcibly  impressed  me  at  the  Holiness  As- 
sembly was,  that  the  people  from  the  North,  South,  East 
and  West,  all  told  ithe  same  story  of  their  joyous  con- 
version, then  of  their  awful  struggle  with  the  ''old  man," 
and  of  such  complete  deliverance  from  his  clutches  by 
the  baptism  with  the  Holy  Ghost.  The  testimonies  all 
had  the  same  ring.  I  have  always  preached  that  entire 
sanctification  was  a  complete  cure  for  sectarian  narrow- 
ness. At  the  Assembly  I  met  with  and  heard  preachers 
of  many  difYerent  denominations,  and  they  all  preached, 
shouted  and  sang  a  full  salvation  by  faith  in  the  all  cleans- 
ing blood  of  Jesus  as  a  second  experience.  Oh,  how 
I  do  praise  God  for  such  unity  as  I  saw  in  the  Chi- 
cago Assembly  !  Surely,  the  prayer  of  Jesus  was  answered 
in  this  case,  making  all  one. 


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Rev.  C.  M.  Duryea,  Holland,  Mich. : — The  best  thing 
in  the  Assembly  for  me  was  that  it  reached  beyond  my 
expectation.  All  seemed  to  be  of  one  mind  and  one  spirit, 
yet  so  many  different  denominations  represented. 

Rev.  J.  McD.  Kerr,  Toronto,  Canada : — I  entered  the 
old,  historic  First  Methodist  Church,  Chicago,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Holiness  General  Assembly  on  Thursday 
morning.  I  had  traveled  all  night  to  reach  the  city,  and 
was  somewhat  weary  in  body.  Many  were  present  at  the 
morning  hour  of  prayer  and  I  went  forward  and  knelt 
among  them.  There  was  immediately  a  conscious  sense 
of  the  presence  of  God ;  a  restfulness,  peace  and  sweet- 
ness which  seemed  to  pervade  the  place.  Jesus  was  in 
the  midst,  and  His  glorious  presence  in  spiritual  fulness 
and  power  continued  to  the  close. 

My  soul  was  wonderfully  filled  as  Brother  and  Sister 
Harris  sang  with  much  unction,  "His  way  with  thee.'' 
I  had  long  ago  given  Jesus  His  way,  and  now  resolved 
evermore  to  let  Him  have  His  way  with  me. 

Ift  was  a  great  joy  to  look  into  the  faces  of  brethren 
of  whom  I  had  heard  and  whose  writings  I  had  often 
read,  and  to  hear  the  Word  from  their  own  lips.  Dr. 
E.  F.  Walker's  impromptu  remarks  at  the  close  of  that 
first  service  to  me,  were  most  inspiring. 

"Cease  from  man,  that  God  may  be  all  in  all. 

"Let  the  Holy  Ghost  have  His  way,  not  let  me  have 
my  way. 

"Don't  seek  recognition.  We  used  to  pray,  'Make 
me  little  and  unknown.' 

"God  teaches,  that  he  that  will  be  least  shall  be  the 
greatest. 

"May  He  give  us  the  spirit  of  meekness  and  of 
fear  and  of  love  and  of  a  sound  mind." 


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Another  thing  which  impressed  me  was  the  number 
of  young  ministers  connected  with  this  movement. 
Steady,  sober,  zealous,  level-headed,  young  fellows,  full 
of  faith  and  the  Holy  Ghost.  This  augurs  well  for  the 
future.  The  aged  men  must  soon  retire.  Thank  God, 
the  young  men  are  ready  to  carry  forward  the  standard. 
If  you  were  to  ask  me  which  service  I  enjoyed  best,  I 
think  I  should  have  to  say,  the  all  night  meeting.  I 
shall  never  forget  those  victories  at  the  altar,  nor  those 
soul-on-fire  testimonies  from  the  young  men  on  the  plat- 
form. 

My  spirit  is  ready  for  another  campaign.  By  all 
means  let  us  make  it  an  annual  affair. 

Bro.  John  Kirn,  Owosso,  Mich. :  "That  which  inter- 
ested me  most  was  seeing  so  many  from  different  parts  oi 
the  land,  manifesting  so  much  interest  in  the  great  work 
of  God  and  such  a  tender  spirit  among  ithemselves.  I  re- 
joiced also  in  hearing  the  truth  regarding  the  sanctifica- 
tion  of  the  soul  set  forth  with  such  clearness.  Surely 
when  such  a  fervent  spirit  is  planted  through  the  land, 
much  good  must  result.  I  believe  the  Kingdom  of  our 
Christ  and  His  work  has  taken  advance  steps  because 
of  our  coming  together.  I  feel  wonderfully  strengthened 
spiritually  since  I  came  home  and  I  believe  this  is  the 
result  of  the  Assembly.  May  God  help  His  people  to 
live  where  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  will  prevail,  and  the 
world  be  compelled  to  acknowledge  how  Christians  love 
one  another.  Just  to  the  degree  that  we  have  the  spirit 
of  the  Master,  will  we  love  our  brethren — though  they 
may  differ  from  us  in  many  things.  God  send  a  mighty 
baptism  of  love  upon  the  holiness  people  everywhere ! 
I  trust  we  may  see  many  more  Assemblies  of  the  saints 
and  that  our  next  coming  together  may  be  even  more 
owned  of  the  Holy  Ghost  than  the  one  just  closed." 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


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Brig.  S.  L.  Brengle,  Salvation  Army  Headquarters, 
N.  Y.  City:  "It  was  only  my  privilege  to  attend  portions 
of  two  business  sessions  of  the  Assembly  on  the  last 
Saturday,  so  that  my  opportunities  for  judging  of  the 
character  and  work  of  the  Assembly  would  hardly  justify 
an  expression  of  opinion.  I  was  however  deeply  and 
most  favorably  impressed  by  the  sweet  and  earnest  spirit 
that  prevailed  in  the  discussion,  and  I  have  no  doubt  the 
influence  of  the  Assembly  will  be  felt  far  and  wide  for 
good  and  only  good.  It  has  been  my  frequent  privilege 
and  great  joy  in  my  wide  wanderings  through  the  States 
to  meet  many  of  the  workers  who  were  then  present  and 
I  do  not  see  how  it  would  be  possible  for  such  a  body 
of  men  and  women  to  spend  a  week  together  without 
a  mighty  quickening  of  the  forces  that  shall  surely  win 
the  world  for  God.    Praise  the  Lord!" 

Bro.  Jonas  Broo-ks,  Des  Moines,  Iowa :  "How  I  praise 
the  dear  Lord  for  the  privilege  of  attending  that  great 
Holiness  Assembly  and  seeing  so  many  of  the  dear  ones 
I  love — Brother  and  Sister  Shaw,  and  my  dear  Deacon 
Morse  (that  I  never  expected  to  see  again)  and  my  old 
friend  Brother  Foote  and  many  others.  Am  so  thankful 
for  the  kind  entertainment  provided  and  the  new  acquaint- 
ances I  was  permitted  to  form  and  for  the  blessed,  straight 
holiness  sermons  and  the  rich  testimonies  and  the  mighty 
faith  exercised  and  the  real  salvation  of  so  many  souls ! 
Glory  to  God!'' 

Bro.  A.  E.  Burlison,  Chicago,  111. :  "The  most  blessed 
part  of  the  Assembly  to  my  soul  was  the  last  Sabbath  morn- 
ing service  as  dear  Brother  McBride  from  New  York  told 
us  in  his  child-like,  simple  way  of  perfect  love  according 
to  Matthew  5  48 :  'Be  ye  therefore  perfect,  even  as  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect.'  When  in  closing  he 
described  the  death-bed  scene  of  the  sainted  Alfred  Cook- 
man  and  told  how  as  he  knelt  by  that  bed-side  Brother 


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BGHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


Cookman  shouted  *I  am  sweeping  through  the  gates — 
washed  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb/  there  were  few  dry 
eyes  in  that  large  congregation  and  when  Bro.  McBride 
gave  the  call  to  the  altar,  many  came  weeping  their 
way  to  Calvary  and  many,  I  trust,  were  there  made  perfect 
in  love.  Brother  Shaw,  that  day's  service  paid  for  all  your 
labor  and  sacrifice  in  behalf  of  the  Assembly." 

Evangelist  C.  W.  Ruth,  Indianapolis,  Ind. :  "What 
most  impressed  me  at  the  General  Assembly  was :  First, 
the  spirit  of  unity,  which  was  so  manifest  in  all  the  busi- 
ness deliberations  and  service.  Notwithstanding  the  fact 
there  were  present  those  who  had  widely  divergent  views, 
representing  a  score  or  more  of  the  different  denominations, 
and  all  sections  of  the  country,  they  all  seemed  perfectly 
agreed  to  disagree,  on  non-essential  points,  and  agreed  to 
disagree  in  an  agreeable  manner ;  whereas,  there  was  mani- 
fest the  most  delightful  fellowship,  and  the  perfect  agree- 
ment of  testimony  regarding  the  experience  of  entire  sanc- 
tification.  It  was  in  every  particular  an  illustration  of  the 
''oneness"  for  which  Jesus  prayed.  Second,  the  gladsome, 
hopeful,  cheerful,  expectant  outlook  for  the  work  of  holi- 
ness in  the  future.  No  pessimism  nor  thought  of  retreat, 
but  a  confident,  concentrated,  and  eager  looking  forward 
to  yet  greater  victories.  The  inspiration  and  enthusiasm 
for  pushing  the  battle  was  exceedingly  contagious,  and 
made  one  feel  like  running  through  a  troop  and  leaping 
over  a  wall.  Praise  God !  The  tenderness  with  which 
reference  was  made  to  antagonists,  (only  when  it  seemed 
necessary)  the  humility  and  simplicity  of  our  leaders,  the 
unctious  sermons,  the  glad  shouts  of  victory,  the  earnest 
prayers,  ending  with  the  all  night  of  prayer,  would  all 
furnish  chapters  full  of  interest,  and  would  fully  justify  a 
trip  across  the  Continent  in  order  to  enjoy  it  all.  Amen! 


HOimESS  ASSEMBLY. 


323 


Personally,  my  soul  received  a  great  uplift,  and  boost 
heavenward.    Glory !" 

Wm.  Hettinger,  Chicago:  "I  was  not  able  to  be 
present  at  the  Assembly  with  the  exception  of  a  part  of 
one  service,  nevertheless  it  was  made  a  great  blessing 
to  me  through  the  brother  who  was  sent  to  my  home 
for  entertainment.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel  who 
had  lost  the  experience  of  sanctificatioh  but  who  found 
it  again  during  the  Assembly.  His  teaching  and  the  con- 
versations we  had  at  home  were,  a  means  of  great  bless- 
ing and  encouragement  to  me.  The  love  and  humility 
he  manifested  made  me  desire  to  be  like  him  but  O — 
even  more — to  be  like  Christ !" 

Evangelist  E.  E.  Walker,  Greencastle,  Ind. :  "That 
which  especially  impressed  me  and  filled  me  with  gratitude 
and  thrilled  me  with  joy,  next  to  the  fact  of  the  many  souls 
blessed,  in  connection  with  the  Holiness  General  Assem- 
bly, was  the  evident  oneness  and  harmony  in  the  Lord 
of  the  people  who  composed  the  gathering.  It  is  not 
recognized  as  it  should  be  that  the  meeting  was  delibera- 
tive, as  well  as  evangelistic.  As  a  rule,  deliberative  bodies 
of  men  and  women,  even  when  all  are  connected  with 
exactly  the  same  organization,  do  not  always  see  eye  to 
eye.  Frequently  in  such,  there  is  much  disputation  and 
sometimes  divisions  in  conclusions.  This  is  so,  even  among 
good  people  engaged  in  the  Lord's  work.  It  was  thus 
even  with  that  'son  of  consolation'  and  him  who  'was 
not  a  whit  behind  the  very  chiefest  apostles :  Barnabas 
'determined',  and  Paul  'thought  not  good.'  'And  the 
contention  was  so  sharp  between  them,  that  they  depared 
asunder  one  from  the  other.'    (Acts  15 :  37-39.) 

"But  there  was  little,  if  any,  of  this  manifested  in  the 
Assembly.  Of  course  there  were  of  necessity  differences 
of  opinion  and  preferences  among  so  many  minds;  but 


Eenews  of  tbe  emERii^ 


there  was  little  disputation,  and  no  contention.  N©t  aw 
uncharitable  word  against  any  holding  to  different  views 
did  we  hear.  Not  an  unkind  reference  was  giade  to  any 
who  could  not  see  their  way  clear  to  unite  in  the  meeting. 
No  contention  except  against  sin." 

Bro.  F.  H.  Brookmiller,  Pastor  Evangelical  Church, 
Red  Oak,  Iowa :  '*It  was  my  privilege  to  attend  the  Gen- 
eral Holiness  Assembly  fifteen  years  ago.  I  have  been 
in  the  holiness  movement  for  twenty-seven  years.  When 
I  saw  the  call  for  this  last  Assembly  my  heart  was  glad, 
and  I  felt  a  strong  pull  in  my  soul  to  go.  So  I  went 
in  good  time  to  be  there  at  the  first  service  and  in  the 
opening  service  felt  the  divine  presence  and  felt  sure  the 
meeting  would  be  a  glorious  success.  O  the  beautiful 
spirit  of  holiness  in  the  manifestation  of  brotherly  love 
when  I  saw  brethren  like  Brother  Morse  and  others  em- 
brace each  other  and  give  the  holy  kiss !  It  seemed  to 
me  as  never  before  in  my  life  I  understood  what  Paul 
meant  when  he  said  'Greet  ye  one  another- with  an  holy 
kiss.'  Thank  God,  there  is  yet  in  the  world  a  real  primitive 
spirit  of  Bible  holiness.  O  how  much  it  needs  to  be 
conserved  and  spread  throughout  the  whole  world!  In 
these  days  of  coldness  and  formality  in  the  churches,  how 
refreshing  to  one's  spirit  to  get  in  a  real  Holy  Ghost 
atmosphere  like  there  was  in  the  Assembly !  To  me,  per- 
sonally, the  meeting  was  a  real  blessing  and  benediction 
such  as  I  have  not  enjoyed  for.  years.  I  know  I  shall  be 
a  better  man  because  of  contact  with  these  holy  men  and 
women,  the  real  elect  of  God !  I  hope  the  good  report 
of  this  Assembly  will  stir  hundreds  of  others  to  be  present 
at  the  next.  O  how  these  gatherings  make  us  long  for 
the  coming  of  Jesus  when  in  that  great  holiness  assembly 
we  shall  meet  to  part  no  more." 

Brother  Alexander  McLean,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.:  "The 


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325 


precious  memories  of  the  General  Holiness  Assembly  fade 
not  away  as  the  days  pass  by,  but  its  love  and  fire  burn 
in  my  soul  most  blessedly.  Praise  the  Lord !  He  would 
have  us  enjoy  even  a  better  one  in  the  coming  year.  Let 
us  all  work  and  pray  for  a  mightier  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  then,  than  at  either  the  first  or  second  of  these 
great  seasons  of  outpouring.  It  surely  is  in  the  direction 
of  convincing  the  world  that  Jesus  is  the  Messiah !" 

Bro.  Isaiah  Reid,  Des  Moines,  Iowa :  ''Having  at- 
tended the  Jacksonville  convocation  in  1880,  and  the  first 
Chicago  Assembly  fifteen  years  ago,  I  have  some  wide- 
ness  of  the  conditions  in  mind  that  some  others  do  not. 
At  Jacksonville  the  dew  of  youth  was  on  us.  We  had  not 
then  met  many  of  the  issues  that  have  since  confronted 
us.  The  ecclesiasticisms  of  the  day  had  not  then  so  used 
their  combined  power  to  oppose  the  movement.  The  gen- 
eral public  were  eager  to  attend  our  camps  and  various 
meetings.  We  always  had  the  benefit  of  large  congrega- 
tions. We  also  had  the  conscious  uplifting  that  the  knowl- 
edge of  general  unity  and  harmony  brings  the  heart.  In 
a  few  instances  had  there  been  discovered  tendencies  and 
signs  of  wildfire  on  the  one  hand,  and  church  oppression 
on  the  other.  At  that  time  our  main  stress  was  the  formula- 
tion of  our  belief  as  to  the  doctrine  of  holiness  and  re- 
lated teachings,  and  the  status  of  our  teachers.  The  state- 
ment was  sound  and  satisfactory.  It  helped  form  the  basis 
of  the  first  Chicago  Assembly  and  through  that  reached 
our  late  utterance. 

"No  one  in  that  assembly  had  any  thought  of  advocat- 
ing the  addition  of  any  other  issues  to  the  holiness  move- 
ment save  those  which  had  been  presented  from  the  camp- 
meeting  platforms  beginning  with  the  days  of  the  Palmers, 
and  the  national  movement  under  the  leadership  of  John 
S.  Inskip.   No  one  felt  called  to  preach  on  second-coming 


eCBOES  OF  TEE  GESERAl 


or  call  an  altar  service  for  bodily  healing.  Donbtless  there 
was  not  a  soul  there  who  did  not  believe  in  both,  but  not 
one  considered  these  doctrines  any  more  a  part  of  the 
holiness  work  than  the  matter  of  w^ater  baptism  or  the 
creation  of  the  world.  I  call  attention  to  this  to  show  that 
thcs-c  issues  have  been  thrust  on  the  movement  as  innova- 
tions, and  that  it  is  not  holiness  that  divides  holiness,  but 
the  insistence  of  making  that  a  part  of  the  movement 
which  for  nearly  half  a  century  was  never  presented  as  a 
part  of  it. 

"The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Teachers,  that  is 
preachers  and  evangelists,  is  very  important  and  needed 
re-affiming  in  our  late  Assembly  as  we  had  nothing  to  take 
its  place  or  cover  the  ground.  It  had  nine  special  points. 
The  6th  reads  as  follows  :  ''That  they  should  make  such 
full  proof  of  their  ministry  that  souls  be  established  in 
holiness,  avoiding  the  introduction  of  such  themes  as 
would  constitute  a  permanent  diversion  of  the  services, 
or  essentially  change  the  meeting  from  its  proper  object 
and  work.' 

This  was  evidently  a  Spirit  led  or  suggested  state- 
ment and  heed  to  it  would  have  saved  us  from  much  that 
we  have  tp  confront  now.  The  ground  covered  by  this 
report,  the  reading  of  a  paper  of  marked  pith  and  point 
on  'Current  Errors,'  by  Rev.  M.  L.  Haney,  reveal  plainly 
the  fact  that  the  heart  of  the  holiness  movement  sensed 
the  trend  of  coming  events  in  a  remarkable  manner  and 
did  all  that  was  possible  for  it  to  do  in  planning  for  the 
success  and  safety  of  the  movement.  I  make  special  men- 
tion of  the  work  of  this  convention  because  it  certainly  set 
the  pace  for  both  the  assemblies  that  followed,  and  was 
an  actual  need  of  the  time,  and  honestly  and  fairly  met 
the  issues  confronting  it.    It  was  the  result  of  the  call 


B0LJNES8  ASSEMBLY. 


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©f  a  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  by  what  was 
then  called  the  'Western  Holiness  Association/  It  pro- 
vided for  the  calling  of  a  similar  convention,  which  if  I 
remember  rightly  resulted  in  the  first  Chicago  Assembly. 
Sixteen  different  denominations  were  represented  and  in 
this  it  was  the  first  of  its  kind. 

'*The  Assembly  of  1901  was  like  it  in  its  fratemalism, 
and  like  it  in  sweetness  of  spirit  and  holiness  unity.  Both 
are  evidence  that  holiness  unites  and  the  addition  of  some- 
thing else  divides.  We  had  graver  faces  at  Chicago  than 
at  Jacksonville  because  face  to  face  with  menacing  diffi- 
culties. The  fire  of  enthusiasm  burned  but  the  dew  of 
youth  was  sobered  by  the  broader  views  coming  with  the 
experience  of  years  and  the  vision  of  manhood.  In  the 
face  of  serious  complications  in  the  ecclesiastical  world; 
and  at  our  threshold  the  factious  spirit  against  which  the 
Jacksonville  Assembly  had  forewarned  us;  and  conscious 
that  the  old-time  holiness  movement  which  we  were  stand- 
ing for  was  denounced  by  some  who  evidently  knew  not 
Joseph,  it  was  a  time  to  be  thoughtful  and  listen  for  the 
Spirit's  voice  in  every  move. 

''Looking  back,  we  praise  God  there  was  no  jar,  and 
no  dividing  spirit.  The  unity  was  blessed.  The  fellow- 
ship was  owned  of  God.  The  results  of  our  deliberations 
shine  in  the  clear  light  of  Spirit-led  conference.  Th^e  ac- 
knowledged need  of  the  Assembly  is  manifest  in  the  pro- 
vision made  for  its  successor.  The  manifest  leading  of 
the  common  heart  of  the  assembled  saints,  gathered  from 
all  quarters,  and  from  various  branches  of  the  vine,  in 
practically  abiding  and  continuing  on  the  line  of  old-time 
hoHness  is  a  remarkable  proof  that  God  intends  that  tlie-e 
three  assemblies  shall  continue  to  be  one  the  succes.,or 
of  the  other,  maintaining  the  faith  and  unity  of  the  s.aints, 
and  the  perpetuation  of  holiness  as  a  special  work.  Amen. 
So  let  it  be." 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


How  Chicas:o  Pastors  and  Churches  were  Helped 
by  the  Assembly. 

As  has  already  been  mentioned,  a  very  large  number 
of  services  were  held  in  various  parts  of  the  city  by  dele- 
gates in  answer  to  calls  from  pastors,  Salvation  Army 
officers.  Volunteer  officers  and  Mission  workers  and  the 
blessed  results  of  these  services  greatly  added  to  the  fruit- 
fulness  of  the  Assembly  itself  in  the  salvation  of  souls. 
Numerous  verbal  reports  of  glorious  results  come  to  us 
from  many  sources  and  the  following  words  from  several 
of  our  city  pastors  will  convey  to  our  readers  some  knowl- 
edge of  the  blessed  work  accomplished.  Bro.  Brushing- 
ham's  report  we  have  condensed  from  an  article  in  the 
Northwestern  Christian  Advocate  published  soon  after 
the  close  of  the  Assembly. 

Bro.  J.  P.  Brushingham,  Pastor  of  First  M.  E. 
Church,  where  the  Assembly  was  held: 

"We  have  been  profoundly  impressed  with  the  con- 
versation, piety  and  exalted  motiv^es  of  the  men  and  wom- 
en who  made  up  the  Assembly.  A  member  of  our  regu- 
lar First  Church  congregation  said  Sunday  night:  "This 
is  old-fashioned  religion.  I  have  seen  nothing  like  this 
for  twenty  years."  Another  said :  "This  is  as  it  used  to  be 
fifty  years  ago.''  We  are  not  surprised  that  some  should 
stumble  over  the  manifestations  of  enthusiasm  at  differ- 
ent sessions  of  the  convention.  We  could  see  nothing 
to  contradict  the  spirit  of  such  Scriptures  as :  "Where 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord  is  there  is  liberty."  Surely  it  is  the 
same  spirit  but  different  manifestations.  President  Fow- 
ler said  when  he  closed  a  very  demonstrative  meeting: 
'You  may  not  have  felt  the  pressure  that  is  on  some  hearts 
here^,  you  may  not  have  had  upon  your  heart  the  burden 
that  is  with  some  hearts  now — it  does  not  necessarily 
follow  that  you  are  not  right  with  God  because  you  have 


HOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


329 


not  got  it.  You  are  not  necessarily  out  of  harmony  with 
God;  don't  let  the  accuser  take  advantage  of  you  there. 
But,  if  you  have  not  been  in  sympathy  with  what  you 
have  witnessed  here  and  look  upon  it  as  creature  activity, 
as  human  manifestation;  if  you  have  been  restless  in  the 
presence  of  this  thing  you  want  to  look  out.  Brother,  if 
you  have  been  betrayed  to  merely  look  on,  look  out.  God 
does  not  give  us  light  to  play  with.  He  wants  us  to  go 
forward  with  the  swing  of  victory  and  the  tread  of  a  con- 
queror.' 

The  Assembly  appointed  a  committee  of  seven  to  ar- 
range for  a  meeting  in  1902,  when  the  body  may  be  per- 
manently organized.  The  declaration  of  principles  op- 
posed everything  that  looks  hke  "conieoutism"  forcibly 
and  radically.  The  whole  letter  and  spirit  of  the  services 
breathed  loyalty  to  the  Church.  A  truly  fraternal  spirit 
was  expected  and  realized.  While  sectarian  and  ecclesi- 
astical uniformity  was  lacking,  "  the  unity  of  the  spirit 
and  the  bonds  of  peace  prevailed."  And  why  not?  For 
emphasis  was  placed  upon  love,  the  very  essence  of 
religion.  Not  a  hasty  nor  bitter  word  was  spoken  through- 
out the  deliberations.  The  flush  of  anger  did  not  mantle 
a  single  cheek  during  the  sharpest  discussions,  but  many 
faces  shone  with  a  light  celestial  and  a  radiance  reflecting 
the  power  of  an  indwelling  and  abiding  Christ.  Chris- 
tian courtesy  and  a  sanctified  common-sense  prevailed 
throughout.  There  has  been  a  real  spirit  of  revival  with 
an  undercurrent  of  earnestness — a  deepening  of  the  spir- 
itual life.  There  has  been  no  wild  fire,  nor  fanaticism. 
We  do  not  say  but  that  such  assemblies  are  in  danger 
of  what  Mr.  Wesley  called  enthusiasm  and  we  call  fanati- 
cism, because  in  old  age  John  Wesley's  heart  cried  out  for 
the  sweeping  revivals  of  his  earlier  years.    He  pleaded 


ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


that  God  might  send  them  without  the  blemishes,  but  if 
not  he  would  welcome  them  with  the  extravagances. 

He  prayed  that  they  might  come  any  way.  It  is  hard 
to  reach  the  heart  of  a  great  wicked  city  where  the  devil 
has  meeting  places  (salogns)  and  a  perpetual  revival  upon 
every  street  corner.  Let  us  thank  God  when  the  city  is 
stirred,  whether  by  ordinary  or  extraordinary  methods. 

It  may  be  truly  said  that  the  blessing  of  God  has  rested 
upon  the  General  Assembly  for  the  Promotion  of  Holi- 
ness. It  has  proven  a  Pentecost — a  Jerusalem  chamber 
to  many  souls.  The  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
the  mother  Church  of  Chicago  Methodism,  could  not  but 
receive  a  spiritual  uplift  from  the  meeting.  Several  young 
people  have  been  soundly  converted  and  have  united  upon 
probation.  The  promise  of  the  Father  has  been  realized 
and,  best  of  all,  may  be  realized  personally  and  in  abiding 
presence. 

Rev.  J.  O.  Nelson,  Pastor  Second  Swedish  M.  E. 
Church,  ''I  was  exceedingly  gratified  at  the  Assembly  to 
find  a  spirit  of  brotherly  kindness  toward  non-professors 
of  entire  sanctification  and  toward  the  different  denomina- 
tions of  evangelical  Christians — a  grace  not  always  found 
with  professors  of  this  wonderful  experience.  Brothers 
S.  B.  Shaw^  of  this  city  and  W.  E.  Shepard  of  California 
preached  at  our  church  and  the  impressions  made  by  the 
word  preached  were  blessed  and  reviving." 

Rev.  A.  J.  Lofgren,  Pastor  Oak  St.  Swedish  M.  E. 
Church,  **I  wish  to  say  that  our  church  was  greatly  bene- 
fitted by  the  Assembly.  The  evangelists  who  preached 
for  us  were  Rev.  "SI.  L.  Haney,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  B.  Shaw, 
Thos.  H.  Nelson  and  wife  and  Miss  Fannie  Birdsall.  We 
enjoved  the  singing  l)y  ihe  two  last  named  ladies  very 
much.  We  also  had  an  evangelist  the  last  Sunday  of  the 
Assembly  but  do  not  remember  the  name. 


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All  the  sermons  were  very  strong  and  to  the  point  and 
I,  as  pastor,  and  my  congregation  as  a  whole,  feel  very 
much  obliged  to  them  and  to  the  Assembly  for  the  inter- 
est taken  in  our  Swedish  Church  both  during  the  Assem- 
bly and  before  it  convened,  during  the  preparatory  serv- 
ices." 

Bro.  J.  H.  Ailing:  "In  a  busy  pastorate  I  found 
some  time  to  attend  the  recent  Assembly  of  work- 
ers interested  in  the  higher  Christian  life  and  experience, 
held  at  the  Clark  St.  M.  E.  church,  and  experienced  a 
rich  blessing.  In  forty-two  consecutive  years  in  the  Chris- 
tian ministry  I  have  never  been  more  pleased  with  the 
wise  conduct,  sweet  spirit  and  evident  endowment  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  which  these  gatherings  constantly  exhibited. 
A  great  work  was  accomplished  for  God's  Kingdom — and 
as  a  pastor  of  one  of  the  Chicago  churches,  I  can  testify 
the  meeting  had  blessed  and  what  promises  to  be  lasting 
results  among  my  membership.  And  this  was  largely 
contributed  to  by  a  sermon  of  great  argumentative  power 
preached  in  the  demonstration  of  the  Spirit  by  Bro.  T. 
K.  Doty  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  my  pulpit.  My  sincere 
impression  is  that  Chicago  Christians,  and  Methodists  in 
particular,  owe  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  to  the  chief  pro- 
moters of  this  great  convention,  Brother  and  Sister  S. 
B.  Shaw." 

Bro.  D.  B.  Fay,  Pastor  Second  Free  Methodist 
Church, Chicago  :  "Mysoulwasfedmanytimes  while  attend- 
ing the  Assembly  and  very  favorably  impressed  with  the 
general  agreement  of  the  Convention  to  plain  Bible  holi- 
ness. I  am  free  to  say  that  my  soul  has  not  been  stirred 
in  years  as  it  was  upon  that  famous  Wednesday  morning 
when  the  awful  pov;er  of  God  came  down  shaking  mightily 
the  whole  place.  The  Lord  give  us  more  of  the  same 
kind." 


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Bro.  J.  D.  Marsh,  Pastor  F.  M.  Church,  Chicago: 
"The  church  of  which  I  am  pastor  was  greatly  benefited 
during  the  Assembly  by  the  ministry  of'  the  Word  by  three 
different  members  of  that  gathering  who  preached  to  us  in 
power.  We  were  also  helped  much  by  being  in  attendance 
at  the  Assembly." 

Bro.  G.  D.  Cleworth,  Pastor  Wabash  Ave.  M.  E. 
Church,  Chicago:  The  Wabash  Av.  M.  E.  Church  (The 
Open  Church)  in  two  ways  received  much  benefit  from  the 
Assembly:  i.  Our  people  attended  the  Assembly  serv- 
ices and  several  of  them  received  there  the  blessing  of 
perfect  love.  2.  We  had  a  preacher  from  the  Assembly 
every  evening  and  kept  our  own  doors  open  as  usual. 
Brothers  Jernigan  and  De  Jernette  of  Texas,  B.  S.  Taylor 
of  Towa,  and  G.  W.  Ridout  of  New  Jersey,  gave  us  red 
hot  holiness  sermons  under  which  others  of  our  people 
came  into  the  light.  Bro.  Hughes  preached  Sunday  morn- 
ing May  5,  and  Bro.  Haney  May  12,  splendid  sermons 
that  bore  immediate  fruit  in  earnest  souls  at  the  altar 
seeking  the  fire.  The  flame  has  burned  right  on.  May 
26th  B.  S.  Taylor  came  for  a  two  weeks'  campaign  and 
the  fight  is  on  at  this  writing  June  7.  Souls  are  being 
saved  and  sanctified  every  evening.  Personally  the  Assem- 
bly was  a  feast  of  fat  things  to  my  soul.  -  Many  of  the 
sermons  were  masterpieces  —  clear,  definite,  convincing, 
powerful.  The  result  of  the  Assembly  in  Chicago  will  not 
be  told  to-morrow  nor  the  day  after,  but  will  be  seen  in 
the  life  of  the  church  for  months  and  years  to  come.  Amen, 
Hallelujah !" 

The  Assembly  closed  in  a  flame  of  revival  and  after 
its  close  quite  a  number  of  those  who  came  to  attend  the 
Assembly  remained  for  some  time  in  the  city  and  assisted 
m  revival  work.    In  addition  to  work  in  city  missions  at 


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least  five  special  revival  services  were  conducted  by  As- 
sembly workers  with  blessed  and  lasting  results. 

Sister  Jennie  Smith,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  the  rail- 
road evangelist,  conducted  services  daily  for  some  time 
at  Williard  Hall  assisted  by  others  who  remained  after 
the  close  of  the  Assembly.  The  services  were  largely 
attended,  numbers  were  saved  and  many  helped. 

Bro.  T.  H,  Agnew  of  Virginia,  111.,  tarried  and  held 
very  succesful  services  at  West  Side  Pentecostal  Mission. 
Souls  found  victory  at  every  service. 

Rev.  W.  E.  Shepard  and  wife  and  several  other  work- 
ers assisted  S.  B.  Shaw  and  wife  at  a  tent  meeting  in  Irv- 
ing Park  at  which  souls  were  saved  and  sanctified. 

Sister  R.  L.  Wortheim  of  Denver,  Colorado  and 
Brother  and  Sister  B.  S.  Morris  of  Derby,  Iowa  and  others 
assisted  Brother  and  Sister  A.  Jacobs  in  a  tent  meeting 
on  the  South  Side  and  Bro.  B.  S.  Taylor's  successful  work 
at  Wabash  Ave.  M.  E.  church  has  already  been  mentioned 
by  Bro.  Cleworth. 


Thus  the  General  Holiness  Assembly  of  1901  and  its 
immediate  results  passed  into  history.  It  was  a  glorious 
victory  that  more  than  repaid  for  all  it  cost  in  time  and 
money  and  self-denying  effort  and  left  those  who  attend- 
ed it  eagerly  looking  forward  to  another  such  gathering 
of  the  holiness  people  in  the  coming  Assembly  of  1902,  of 
which  we  trust  definite  announcements  will  soon  be  made 
by  the  Committee  of  Arrangement.  In  the  meantime  let 
constant  prayer  be  made  for  the  Committee  and  for  the 
coming  Assembly  and  for  such  an  outpouring  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  upon  workers  and  people  as  shall  speedily  result 
in  the  great  wave  of  revival  victory  over  our  land  for  which 
so  many  are  already  laboring  and  praying.   And  for  what 


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has  been  done  and  for  what  shall  still  be  done  to  God  the 
Father,  and  God  the  Son,  and  God  the  Holy  Ghost  be 
honor   and   praise   both  now   and  throughout  eternity. 
Amen  and  Amen. 


SOLINESS  ASSEMBLY. 


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Weeping  and  Crying  to  God. 

S.  B.  SHAW. 

No  language  can  describe  the  awful  curse  of  sin.  The 
human  mind  is  unable  to  realize  the  terrible  penalty  that 
IS  visited  upon  this  earth  because  of  man's  disobedience,  ro 
say  nothing  of  the  eternal  punishment  of  the  wicked. 

Well  may  this  world  be  called  a  "vale  of  tears."  From 
the  fall  of  Adam,  humanity  has  been  born  weeping  and 
crying;  for  we  are  shapen  in  iniquity  and  conceived  in  sin 
(Psa.  51:  5);  and  the  inevitable  consequences  of  sin  are 
disease  and  suffering  and  agony  and  death.  From  the  be- 
ginning, "the  wrath  of  God  has  been  revealed  from  heaven 
against  all  ungodliness  and  unrighteousness  of  men ;"  and 
in  justice  He  has  declared,  "Whatsoever  a  man  soweth, 
that  shall  he  also  reap."  In  all  ages  of  the  world  in  spite  of 
God's  offers  of  mercy,  multitudes  have  sown  to  the  wind 
and  have  reaped  the  whirlwind,  and  millions  are  doing 
it  to-day.  No  ear  but  the  ear  of  God  can  hear,  no  eye  but 
the  eye  of  God  can  see,  no  heart  but  the  heart  of  God  can 
comprehend,  the  pain  and  agony  and  wretchedness  of  deso- 
late souls  whose  lives  are  to-day  blasted  by  sin. 

Nor  is. this  all.  While  we  write,  millions  of  moral  and 
physical  wrecks  are  floating  down  the  river  of  death  to 
suffering  greater  than  they  have  ever  known,  or  ever  can 
be  known  in  this  life.  Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand 
more  of  broken-hearted  sinners,  whose  lives  have  been 
blasted  by  the  drunkard,  the  harlot,  the  outcast  who  are  fill- 
ing the  poorhouse,  the  jail,  the  prison,  and  the  insane  asy- 
lum, are  getting  ready  for  a  rapid  march  to  the  lake  of  fire  : 
and  millions  of  unborn  infants  will  take  their  place  and 
follow  in  their  steps  in  the  near  future.  And  their  names 
are  legion  who  are  bewailing  the  wrath  of  God  as  revealed 
by  the  pestilence,  by  the  famine,  by  the  flood,  by  the  earth- 


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quake,  by  the  cyclone,  and  the  tornado,  and  by  the  many 
wars,  where  humanity  is  butchered  until  rivers  of  blood 
are  flowing  from  the  field  of  battle,  and  the  cries  of  the 
wounded  and  dying  rend  the  very  heavens. 

And  is  all  this  suflfering  a  merely  arbitrary,  penalty 
inflicted  by  an  angry  G(?d  for  disobedience  to  arbitrary 
law?  Nay,  verily.  All  this  woe,  all  this  misery,  all  wretch- 
edness of  body  and  mind,  is  the  inevitable  consequence  of 
the  violation  of  the  holy  laws  of  a  holy  God,  so  inevitable 
that  God  himself  could  provide  no  way  of  deliverance  from 
the  power  and  curse  of  sin  only  through  sacrifice — sacri- 
fice so  great  that  the  angels  of  God  look  on  with  wonder 
and  amazement,  sacrifice  that  nothing  short  of  infinite  love 
would  ever  have  made. 

It  was  the  knowledge  of  the  awful  and  eternal  conse- 
sequences  of  sin  that  moved  the  heart  of  God  with  such  in- 
finite pity  that  He  was  willing  to  sacrifice  the  brightest 
jewel  of  Heaven,  ev?n  His  only  begotten  son,  the  lamb 
of  God  slain  from  the  foundation  of  the  world,  whose  suf- 
ferings began  when  sin  entered  into  the  world  and  will 
endure  until  sin  is  swept  from  the  face  of  the  earth,  in  order 
that  we  might  escape  the  awful  suffering  that  sin  brings 
both  in  time  and  eternity. 

Two  things  moved  the  heart  of  Christ  to  offer  Him- 
self the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  He  might  bring  us  to  God. 
First,  our  terrible  need ;  second,  the  eternal  joy  that  would 
come  through  His  atonement  to  us  and  to  Him,  Who  *'for 
the  joy  that  was  set  before  Him  endured  the  cross,  despis- 
ing the  shame,  and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand  of  the 
throne  of  God."  He  prevailed  for  us  through  suffering, 
for'Mn  the  days  of  His  flesh  when  He  had  offered  up  prayer 
and  supplications,  with  strong  crying  and  tears,  unto  Him 
that  was  able  to  save  Him  from  death,"  He  "was  heard  in 
that  He  feared."   "Though  He  were  a  son,  yet  learned  He 


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337 


obedience  by  the  things  which  He  suffered.  And  being 
made  perfect,  He  became  the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey  Him."   See  Heb.  5 :  7-9. 

And  God's  plan  of  redemption  involves  not  only  the 
suffering  of  Christ  but  suffering  on  the  part  of  all  those 
who  would  partake  of  His  work  and  His  reward.  Jesus 
said  to  His  disciples  who  would  share  His  honor,  Can  ye 
drink  of  the  cup  that  I  drink  of  and  be  baptized  with  the 
baptism  that  I  am  baptized  with?   (Mark  10:  38.) 

Christ  in  infinite  compassion  bore  upon  His  heart  the 
weight  of  a  world's  sin  and  gave  His  Hfe  for  its  salvation ; 
and  it  is  only  as  we  share  in  His  spirit  of  compassion  and 
sacrifice  and  intercession,  that  God  can  use  us  to  help  in 
accomplishing  His  work.  The  soul  that  has  power  to  pre- 
vail with  God,  is  the  soul  that  has  been  quickened  by  the 
Spirit  to  see  and  to  feel  the  world's  need.  We  must  see 
something  of  the  suffering  and  desolation  that  God  sees, 
and  hear  something  of  the  wail  of  agony  that  God  hears, 
and  feel  something  of  the  compassion  that  God  feels,  and 
bear  something  of  the  awful  burden  of  soul  that  Christ 
endured,  if  we  would  mightily  prevail  in  behalf  of  a  lost 
world.  We  too  must  drink  of  His  cup  and  be  baptized 
with  His  baptism,  if  we  would  be  able  to  bring  joy  and 
peace  and  healing  and  blessing  to  hearts  here,  and  share 
His  eternal  joy  over  souls  redeemed.  The  multitudes  that 
are  weeping  and  crying  because  of  sin  and  sorrow,  are  like 
the  sands  of  the  sea  shore,  innumerable ;  but  oh,  how  few 
know  how  ito  pray !  How  few  are  crying  to  God  with  a 
pure  heart!  And  if  we  regard  iniquity  in  our  hearts,  the 
Lord  will  not  hear  us.    (See  Psalm  66:  18.) 

We  tell  of  the  faith  of  God's  servants  who  have  might- 
ily prevailed,  but  we  perhaps  have  failed  to  notice  the  rec- 
ord of  their  crying  to  God  in  agony  of  spirit. 

"Crying"  is  a  stronger  term  and  includes  more  than 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  CESERAL 


shedding  tears.  It  is  weeping  aloud  and  giving  away  to 
grief  or  pain  with  a  loud  voice.  Sometimes  the  grief 
is  so  great  that  the  mourning  and  lamentation  may 
only  be  expressed  by  screaming,  and  sometimes  the  men- 
tal agony  is  unspeakable.  The  saints  of  God  as  mentioned 
in  both  the  Old  Testament  and  the  New,  have  had  such 
revelations  of  the  wrath  of  a  holy  God  against  the  work- 
ers of  iniquity  that  no  words  or  language  could  express 
their  feelings,  and  their  unearthly  groans  and  cries,  inex- 
pressed  in  human  language,  have  prevailed  with  God. 

When  the  people  of  God  were  in  Egyptian  bondage, 
their  burdens  were  greater  than  they  could  bear.  We  read, 
''The  children  of  Israel  sighed  by  reason  of  the  bondage; 
and  they  cried,  and  their  cry  came  up  unto  God,  by  rea- 
son of  the  bondage.  And  God  heard  their  groaning,  and 
God  remembered  his  covenant  with  x-Vbraham,  with  Isaac, 
and  Jacob."  It  was  their  groans  and  their  cries  that  came 
from  their  heart  of  hearts,  with  an  unearthly  desire  for 
divine  help,  that  reached  the  ear  and  heart  of  God,  and 
how  quickly  He  came  to  the  rescue ! 

Many  years  ago,  we  heard  Bishop  Bowman  illustrate 
the  cry  of  a  burdened  soul  as  follows  :  "Let  us  imagine  we 
see  a  child  on  the  floor  crying  for  its  mother.  The  mother 
goes  on  with  her  work  seeming  to  pay  no  attention.  Her 
heart  is  touched,  she  hears  the  cry,  but  she  is  not  suffici- 
ently moved  to  leave  her  work  and  take  the  child.  The 
child  continues  to  cry,  but  the  mother  seems  to  pay  no 
attention.  While  the  child  is  thus  crying,  it  beholds  with 
awful  fright  and  horror,  a  serpent  with  open  mouth  crawl- 
ing nearer  and  nearer.  Terrified  at  the  sight,  the  child 
utters  an  unearthly  scream.  The  mother  is  shocked,  her 
heart  is  pierced,  she  hears  the  cry  that  comes  from  the 
child's  inmost  soul,  and  she  grasps  the  child  from  the 
jaws  of  the  serpent.    So  God  hears  and  answers  the  cry 


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that  comes  from  the  soul  who  reaHzes  its  desperate  need/' 
The  IsraeHtes  had  been  crying  for  many  years,  but 
they  had  not  cried  with  all  their  hearts.  It  was  their  united, 
unearthly  cry  that  brought  the  reformation  through  Mos- 
es. It  was  the  unearthly  cry  of  Moses'  heart  that  brought 
him  into  favor  with  God  and  gave  him  such  marvelous 
power  with  Him  and  influence  with  the  people. 

Moses  so  loved  Israel  that  in  the  prime  of  his  man- 
hood, seeing  them  bound  and  oppressed  and  down-trod- 
den, he  had  chosen  rather  to  suffer  affliction  with  them 
than  to  enjoy  all  the  wealth  and  ease  and  honor  of  the 
Egyptian  court.  (See  Heb.  ii  :  25-27).  We  have  wondered 
at  his  faith  and  meekness  and  power ;  but  have  we  realized 
that  that  same  faith,  meekness  and  power  were  born  of  the 
agony  of  soul  in  which  he  cried  out  to  God  when  over  and 
over  again  .that  people  whom  he  loved  dearer  than  his 
own  life,  turned  against  him  and  against  God  and  seemed 
bent  upon  their  own  destruction?  Notice  how  God  tells 
us  of  the  crying  that  brought  deliverance. 

When  the  Israelites  came  to  the  Red  Sea,  they  saw 
no  way  of  escape.  The  army  of  Pharaoh  was  in  the  rear, 
the  mountains  on  either  side,  and  the  Red  Sea  before  them. 
''And  when  Pharaoh  drew  nigh,  the  children  of  Israel 
lifted  up  their  eyes,  and,  behold,  the  Egyptians  marched 
after  them ;  and  thev  were  sore  afraid :  and  the  children  of 
Israel  cried  out  unto  the  Lord.  And  they  said  unto  Moses, 
Because  there  were  no  graves  in  Egypt,  hast  thou  taken 
us  away  to  die  in  the  wilderness  ?  wherefore  hast  thou  dealt 
thus  with  us,  to  carry  us  forth  out  of  Egypt?  Is  not  this 
the  word  that  we  did  tell  thee  in  Egypt,  saying  Let  us 
alone,  that  we  may  serve  the  Egyptians  ?  For  it  had  been 
better  for  us  to  serve  the  Egyptians,  than  that  we  should 
die  in  the  wilderness.  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  ye  not,  stand  still,  and  see  the  salvation  of  the  Lord, 


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which  he  will  show  you  to-day :  for  the  Egyptians  whom 
ye  have  seen  to-day  ye  shall  see  them  again  no  more  for- 
ever. The  Lord  shall  fight  for  you,  and  ye  shall  hold  your 
peace.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Wherefore  criest 
thou  unto  me  ?  speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
go  forward.  But  lift  thou  up  thy  rod,  and  stretch  out  thy 
hand  over  the  sea,  and  divide  it :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  go  on  dry  ground  through  the  midst  of  the  sea." 

So,  in  his  desperate  need,  Moses  prevailed  with  God 
and  brought  deliverance  to  Israel  in  spite  of  the  moun- 
tains on  either  side  and  the  Red  Sea  in  front;  in  spite  of 
Pharaoh's  army;  in  spite  of  the  unbelief  and  murmurings 
of  the  people,  with  both  friends  and  foes  turned  against 
him,  and  with  no  one  but  God  to  stand  by  him.  What  a 
rebuke  to  the  unbelief  of  would-be  soul-winners  that  are 
discouraged  by  unfavorable  circumstances  apd  look  at 
difficulties  instead  of  looking  to  God  alone ! 

Again,  after  the  Israelites  had  crossed  the  Red  Sea 
and  pitched  their  tents  at  Marah,  they  found  they  could  not 
drink  the  water,  for  it  was  bitter;  and  again  "the  people 
murmured  against  Moses,  saying:  What  shall  we  drink? 
And  he  cried  unto  the  Lord  and  the  Lord  showed  him  a 
tree,  which,  when  he  had  cust  it  into  the  water,  the  waters 
were  made  sweet." 

After  that  they  journeyed  from  the  Wilderness  of  Sin 
and  camped  in  Rephidim.  There  was  no  water  in  the  place, 
and  the  people  were  dying  with  thirst.  Again  "Moses  cried 
unto  the  Lord,  saying.  What  shall  I  do  unto  this  people? 
They  be  almost  ready  to  stone  me.  And  the  Lord  said 
unto  Moses,  Go  on  before  the  people,  and  take  with  thee 
of  the  elders  of  Israel :  and  thy  rod,  wherewith  thou  smot- 
est  the  river,  take  in  thine  hand,  and  go.  Behold,  I  will 
sitand  before  thee  there  upon  the  rock  in  Horeb ;  and  thou 


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shalt  smite  the  rock,  and  there  shall  come  water  out  of  it, 
that  the  people  may  drink." 

Again,  when  the  people,  forgetting  all  that  God  had 
done,  went  into  open  idolatry  and  made  them  gods  to  take 
them  back  into  Egypt,  we  are  told  how  it  was  only  after 
forty  days  of  fasting  and  wrestling  with  God  that  Moses 
was  granted  the  life  of  Israel.  Why  was  this — because 
God  was  less  gracious  or  less  forgiving  than  man?  Not 
that,  but  because,  much  as  he  loved  them  that  forty  days 
of  prayer  and  burden  and  agony  were  necessary  to  fit 
Moses  to  bear  with  that  rebellious  people  during  forty 
years  of  wandering. 

At  another  time,  when  Miriam  and  Aaron  found  fault 
with  Moses  because  of  his  Ethiopian  wife  and  were  guilty 
of  sedition,  for  which  Miriam  was  smitten  with  leprosy,  we 
read  how  **Moses  cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying,  Heal  her 
now,  O,  Lord,  I  beseech  thee."  And  God  heard  his  cry. 
(See  Num.  12 :  14.) 

Nearly  half  a  century  after  the  death  of  Moses,  in  the 
time  of  the  Judges,  "when  the  children  of  Israel  cried  unto 
the  Lord,  the  Lord  raised  up  a  deliverer  who  delivered 
them,  Othniel,  the  son  of  Kenaz,  Caleb's  younger  broth- 
er." (Judges  3 :  9.) 

Again  about  a  hundred  years  later,  "the  children  of 
Israel  cried  unto  the  Lord"  and  He  raised  up  the  prophets, 
Deborah  and  Barak  and  delivered  them  from  Jabin  and 
Sisera.    (See  Judges  4:  3-17.) 

Still  fifty  years  later,  "Israel  was  greatly  impoverished 
because  of  the  Midianites,  and  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
unto  the  Lord,"  and  "When  Israel  cried  unto  the  Lord  be- 
cause of  the  Midianites"  God  sent  an  angel  with  a  message 
to  Gideon  who  delivered  the  people  of  God  from  their  ene- 
mies. 


EGBOE^  OF  TEE  GENERAL 


Another  hundred  years  passed  and  Israel  was  op- 
pressed by  the  PhiHstines ;  and  God  raised  up  Samuel. 
"And  Samuel  cried  unto  the  Lord  for  Israel  and  the  Lord 
heard  him."  "So  the  Philistines  were  subdued,  and  they 
came  no  more  into  the  coasts  of  Israel ;  and  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  was  against  the  Philistines  all  the  days  of  Samuel." 
(See  I  Sam.  7 :  8-1^.) 

Two  hundred  and  thirty  years  later.  Elijah  cried  unto 
the  Lord,  and  there  was  no  rain  on  the  earth  for  three 
years.  He  cried  again,  and  the  Lord  sent  rain.  During 
the  famine  he  was  fed  by  ravens,  and  later  by  a  poor  widow 
woman  whose  cruse  of  oil  and  barrel  of  meal  were  kept 
from  failing  by  a  special  miracle  in  answer  to  the  cry  of  Eli- 
jah. Before  he  left,  the  widow  woman's  son  died.  Elijah 
cried  to  God  and  the  son  was  raised  to  life  again.  We 
read  in  James  5  :  16,  17,  that  Elijah  was  a  man  of  like  pas- 
sions as  we  are,  and  so  were  Closes  and  all  the  Old  Testa- 
ment saints ;  but  their  prayers  prevailed  with  God  and  so 
may  ours. 

A  few  years  a;\er  the  death  of  Elijah,  ''Asa  cried  unto 
the  Lord  his  God  and  said,  Lord,  it  is  nothing  with  thee 
to  help  whether  with  many,  or  with  them  that  have  no 
power :  help  us  O  Lord  our  God  ;  for  we  rest  on  thee, 
and  in  thy  name  we  go  against  this  multitude.  O  Lord, 
thou  art  our  God  ;  Let  not  man  prevail  against  thee.  So 
the  Lord  smote  the  Ethiopians  before  Asa,  and  before 
Judah;  and  the  Ethiopians  fled."    (See  2  Chron.  14:  11, 

12.) 

King  David  spent  much  of  his  time  crying  to  God. 
The  records  of  his  crying  are  marvelous.  They  convey  to 
the  people  of  all  ages  sublime  lessons.  He  tells  us  :  "The 
eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the  righteous  and  his  ears  are 
open  unto  their  cry."    (Psa.  34:  15.)    His  prayer  was; 


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"Hear  the  voice  of  my  supplication,  when  I  cry  unto  thee," 
(Psa.  28 :  2)  and  his  testimony,  ''When  I  cry  unto  thee,  then 
shall  mine  enemies  turn  back :  this  I  know ;  for  God  is  for 
me."   (Psa.  56:9.) 

Three  hundred  and  fifty  years  later,  we  find  the  weep- 
ing prophet,  Jeremiah,  crying:  "Oh  that  my  head  were 
waters,  and  mine  eyes  a  fountain  of  tears,  that  I  might 
T^ep  day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people !" 

While  Jeremiah,  the  weeping  prophet,  was  crying,  his 
contemporary,  Joel,  was  calling:  "Blow  the  trumpet  in 
Zion,  sanctify  a  fast,  call  a  solemn  assembly;  gather  the 
people,  sanctify  the  congregation,  assemble  the  elders, 
gather  the  children,  and  those  that  suck  the  breasts  :  let  the 
bridegroom  go  forth  out  his  chamber,  and  the  bride  out 
of  her  closet.  Let  the  priests,  the  ministers  of  the  Lord, 
weep  between  the  porch  and  the  altar,  and  let  them  say, 
Spare  thy  people,  O  Lord,  and  give  not  thine  heritage  to 
reproach,  that  the  heathen  should  rule  over  them ;  where- 
fore should  they  say  among  the  people,  Where  is  their 
God?  Then  will  the  Lord  be  jealous  for  his  land,  and  pity 
his  people."  May  God  help  us  to  follow  the  example  of 
Joel,  and  may  every  minister  of  the  Lord,  weep  between 
the  porch  and  the  altar. 

By  the  revelation  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  Ezekiel  pictures 
the  sure  and  terrible  judgments  of  God  against  all  those 
who  fail  to  sigh  and  to  cry  because  of  the  abominations 
that  are  committed  in  Lsrael.  In  Ezekiel,  ninth  chapter, 
we  read  that  God  said  to  His  servant,  clothed  with  linen, 
which  had  the  writers  inkhorn  by  his  side,  "Go  through 
the  midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  set  a  mark  upon  the  foreheads 
of  the  men  that  sigli  and  cry  for  all  the  abominations  that 
be  done  in  the  midst  thereof."  Then  the  prophet  adds  : 
"And  to  the  others  he  said  in  mine  hearing,  Go  ye  after 


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ECHOES  OF  THE  GENERAL 


him  through  the  city  and  smite :  let  not  your  eyes  spare, 
neither  have  ye  pity :  slay  utterly  old  and  young,  both  maid, 
and  little  children  and  women :  but  come  not  near  any  man 
upon  whom  is  the  mark ;  and  begin  at  my  sanctuary." 
God's  judgments  begin  at  His  sanctuary.  Then  what  of 
thait  minister  that  is  at  ease  in  Zion?  What  of  those  pro- 
fessors of  holiness  that  are  careless  about  souls?  What 
of  any  that  claim  redemption  through  the  sacrifice  ot 
Christ — yet  fail  to  take  to  heart  the  terrible  need  of  the 
unsaved  all  about  them?  How  are  any  of  us  to  escape  if 
we  have  not  the  mark  on  our  foreheads? 

Ten  days  the  disciples  tarried  in  an  upper  room,  plead- 
ing for  the  promise  of  the  Father.  That  was  no  mere  for- 
mal prayer.  Their  Lord  had  been  taken  from  them ;  and 
with  broken,  pleading  hearts  they  plead  for  the  coming  of 
the  Comforter.  When  every  other  desire  was  lost  in  this, 
He  came,  and  their  sorrow  was  turned  into  joy,  and  that 
same  day  three  thousand  more  had  joined  their  song  of 
redemption  from  the  power  of  sin. 

Paul,  the  chief  of  the  apostles  told,  in  few  words, 
the  secret  of  his  power  when  .he  wrote  to  the  elders  at 
Ephesus :  "Remember,  that  by  the  space  of  three  years  I 
ceased  not  to  warn  everyone  night  and  day  with  tears." 

In  our  own  evangelistic  work  of  over  twenty  years  we 
have  never  seen  any  great  revivals  until  our  own  soul  was 
melted  before  the  Lord  and  we  plead  with  Him  with  strong 
crying  and  tears  for  the  desolation  of  ^ion  and  the  salva- 
tion of  the  lost.  W^ho  has  not  read  of  John  Knox's 
agony  of  prayer  when  he  cried  out,  "Give  me  Scotland  or 
I  die,"  and  of  John  Wesley's  days  and  nights  of  weeping 
and  fasting  and  prayer  ?  And  it  was  after  some  mem- 
bers of  his  congregation  had  spent  a  whole  night  in  prayer 
that  Jonathan  Edwards  preached  that  wonderful  sermon, 


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245 


"Sinners  in  the  hands  ©f  an  angry  God,"  that  has  re- 
sulted in  the  salvation  of  thousands  of  souls. 

Such  is  the  experience  of  the  saints  of  God  in  all  ages. 
May  God  help  us  to  follow  their  example  and  grant  to  us 
such  a  spirit  ef  intercession  that  we  may  go  on  our  faces 
and  weep  and  pray  until  we  prevail  with  God  and  with  man. 
And  may  God  so  possess  and  control  our  emotional  na- 
tures that  all  our  tears  and  groans  may  be  the  fruit  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  making  intercession  for  us  with  groanings  that 
cannot  be  uttered.  (See  Rom.  8 :26.)  The  Lord  grant  it. 
Amen ! 

They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in  joy.  He  that 
goeth  forth  and  weepeth,  bearing  precious  seed,  shall 
doubtless  come  again  with  rejoicing,  bringing  his  sheaves 
with  him. — 'Psalm  126:5,  6. 

Chicago,  111. 

Failing  to  receive  two  of  the  sermons  we  had  expected  to  pub- 
lish, we  have  several  pages  of  space  unoccupied  in  the  making  up  of 
forms.  Believing  that  the  great  need  of  the  holiness  work  is  persistent 
and  united  and  prevailing  prayer  we  have  decided  to  insert  an  arti- 
cle of_  our  own  which  emphasizes  this  thought  already  touched 
upon  in  our  introduction  and  in  our  exhortation  already  published 
— with  a  prayer  that  by  its  reading  hearts  may  be  stirred  up  to  learn 
the  secret  of  prevailing  with  God.  S.  B.  S. 


OD's  Financial  Plan 


OR 


Temporal  Prosperity 


THE  RESULT  OF 


Faithful  stewardship. 


By  Rev.  S.  B.  SHAW, 

AUTHOB  OF 

'•TOUCHING  INCIDENTS,  AND 
REMAKKABLE  ANWSERS  TO  PRAYER." 


"Honor  the  Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  with  the  firstfruits  of  all  thlP.c 
Increase;  so  shall  thy  barns  be  filled  with  plenty."    Prov,  3  :  9, 10. 

"He  which  soweth  sparingly  shall  reap  also  sparingly;  and  ha  whlct 
scweth  bountifully  shall  reap  also  bountifully.'    2  Cor.  9  :  6. 

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A  Timely  Book. 

Review  Notices  from  Leading  Religious  Periodicals  . 
concerning  GOD'S  FINANCIAL.  PLAN  or  Tem- 
poral Prosperity  the  Result  of  Faithful  Stew- 
ardship. 

The  Independent:  "This  is  a  better  book  than  'Coin's  Financial 
School'— better  for  bankers,  traders,  farmers,  working  people,  and  every 
one  who  cares  to  prosper  in  this  world.  It  is  based  on  solid  principles;  it 
has  the  whole  history  of  the  world  back  of  it,  the  Bible  under  it,  and  is  sup- 
ported by  examples  and  instances  of  which  the  author  gives  us  a  few  in  the 
volume  named  above.  The  doctrine  of  the  book  is  nothing  more  nor  less 
than  the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  illustrated  in  the  history  of  men  in  this  world 
and  enforced  by  It.  Mr.  Shaw's  previous  volume,  'Touching  Incidents  and 
Remarkable  Answers  to  Prayer,'  reached  a  sale  of  some  350,000  copies.  This 
book  deserves  as  great  a  success.  It  is  a  capital  antidote  to  the  gross  and 
popular  commercialism  of  the  times." 

The  Herald  and  Presbyter:  "The  writer  of  this  book,  seeing  the 
haphazard  methods  employed  in  the  church  for  replenishing  the  treas- 
ury, or,  rather,  not  keeping  it  replenished,  was  led  to  realize  that  God  had 
a  system  in  his  Word  for  this  part  of  the  work,  so  he  has  made  a  simple 
exposition  of  God's  plan  for  systematic  and  proportionate  giving,  and  in  this 
little  volume  urges  Christians  everywhere  to  adopt  God's  own  methods,  so 
that  His  treasury  may  be  filled,  and  kept  filled." 

The  Revivalist:  "A  running  perusal  of  'God's  Financial  Plan' by  Rev. 
S.  B.  Shaw,  convinces  me  that  it  is  a  radiant  sun-burst  on  the  subject.  It 
will  prove  a  spiritual  and  temporal  blessing  to  all  who  will  walk  in  its 
light.  Pastors  and  official  boards  should  read  it,  and  it  should  be  sown 
broadcast  among  believers.  It  is  written  in  a  taking  style  which  the 
common  people  will  gladly  hear.  I  believe  it  is  the  best  book  I  ever  saw 
on  the  subject." 

Michigan  Christian  Advocate:  "It  is  a  strong  plea  for  the  consecration 
by  Christians  of  their  substance  to  the  Lord  and  the  practice  of 
systematic  giving.  Many  incidents  are  given  as  incentives  to  a  course  of 
fidelity  and  trustfulness." 

The  Christian  Messeng^er:  "The  name  of  the  author  is  a  suffi- 
cient guarantee  to  the  worth  of  this  book.  The  main  object  is  to  show  that 
God  does,  as  of  old,  bless  with  material  prosperity  those  who  meet  the  con- 
ditions of  tithing  and  freewill  offerings,  as  taught  in  the  Sacred  Scriptures. 
The  book  we  are  sure  will  prove  a  great  help  to  all  classes  of  Christian 
people  who  are  passing  through  financial  trial." 

The  Evangelical  Messenger:  "A  useful  and  practical  discussion 
of  the  important  subject  of  Christian  benevolence.  There  is  need  of 
teaching  on  this  line.  The  conscience  of  many  Christians  is  asleep,  and 
their  judgment  woefully  deficient.  The  era  of  universal  Scriptural  benevo- 
lence would  hasten  the  millenium  more  than  any  other  one  thing  we  can 
think  of.  Mr.  Shaw's  book  will  do  good  wherever  circulated." 

The  Religious  Telescope:  "The  book  is  the  outgrowth  of  over 
twenty  years'  experience  as  an  evangelist.  It  is  a  forcible  plea  in  favor  of 
God's  plan  for  raising  money  for  the  support  of  His  church,  as  against 
modern  devices,  such  as  fairs,  festivals,  quilts,  chain  letters,  socials,  etc. 
It  will  well  repay  a  careful  reading,  and  will  be  of  special  value  to  pastors 
and  church  workers." 

The  Christian  Herald:  "This  excellent  little  volume  is  worthy 
wide  circulation  and  careful  reading  as  an  important  and  valuable 
contribution  to  the  literature  of  a  great  subject,  upon  which  there  is  a  wide 
diversity  of  thought  and  belief,  and  in  which  a  larger  and  deeper  interest 
should  be  taken  by  Christians  regardless  of  denominational  lines." 

The  Christian  Union  Herald:  "One  thing  in  this  author's  presentation 
of  the  subject  which  I  specially  admire  is  that  it  urges,  systematic  giving, 
not  ia  a  legal,  but  in  an  evangelical  spirit." 


xne  MorniAg  Star:  <*A  book  written  with  &n  earnest  pvpotie  luter 

mttch  reading  and  research.  The  author  shows  God's  plan  nom  Paradise 
down  to  the  present  time,  and  he  finds  that  God  has  always  required  s  part 
of  man's  Income  for  the  support  of  His  church.  He  proceeds  to  show  wnat 
was  required  of  the  Jews,  tlie  temporal  prosperity  given  to  the  faithful, 
obedient  Israelite,  the  prophecies  concerning  the  liberality  of  the  New 
Testament  church.  He  considers  the  question  whether  Christians  should 
tithe  their  income  and  give  systematically,  and  some  of  the  advantages  of 
systematic  giving  to  the  cause  of  God.  He  further  considers  the  temporal 
prosperity  promised  to  the  obedient,  and  contrasts  the  temporal  prosperity 
of  the  righteous  and  the  wicked,  and  closes  with  the  inconsistent  excuses 
among  professing  Christians  for  not  paying  more  to  God's  cause. 

The  Evangelical  Review:  "  'God's  Financial  Plan'  as  unfolded  in  the 
Word,  and  in  this  hook,  will  show  how  well  He  has  provided  for  the  finan- 
cial interests  of  His  church.  The  tone  of  the  book  is  earnest,  thorough, 
■nspiring,  candid,  fervent,  and  its  publication  wise,  timely,  and  eminently 
Jtting  to  existing  conditions.  It  is  a  helper,  a  teacher,  a  doubt-remover,  a 
faith  provoker,  unto  much  good  work  that  hitherto  has  not  been  under- 
taken in  Jesus'  name,  that  should  and  must  be  done  for  the  glory  of  God  In 
the  salvation  of  men." 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterian:  "This  is  unquestionably  one  of  the 
ablest  and  most  convincing  arguments  for  systematic  and  proportionate 
giving  we  have  ever  examined.  It  is  othodox  from  preface  to  finale,  and 
supported  by  so  many  authentic  examples  as  to  extort  acquiescence,  almost, 
from  an  unwilling  mind.  It  covers  practically  every  phase  of  the  subject 
and  brings  together  a  wealth  of  illustrations  and  exemplifications.  We 
commend  it  without  reservation  to  all  of  our  readers  as  worthy  their 
perusal." 

The  Evangel:  "No  question  of  more  pressing  Importance  confronts 
Christian  people  at  the  present  hour,  than  this  of  financial  obligation  to 
God.  This  book,  by  Evangelist  Shaw,  aims  to  point  out  the  defect  and 
suggest  the  remedy.  The  author  lays  the  foundation  of  his  work  in  Script- 
ure, tracing  the  plan  of  God  for  the  support  of  His  cause  through  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments." 

The  Pauline  Advocate:  "The  author  furnishes  a  fine  Illustration  of 
the  principles  inculcated.  While  in  comparative  poverty  he  honored  God 
by  giving  as  liberally  as  his  means  would  allow  and  God  has  wonderfully 
prospered  him.  It  fills  an  important  place  in  Christian  literature,  and  solves 
a  problem  that  has  perplexed  the  minds  of  many  good  men." 

Christian  Neighbor:  "The  'Plan'  is  amplified  throughout  the  book  (287 
pages)  in  the  light  of  the  teachings  of  the  Old  Testament  and  the  New.  The 
author,  in  getting  up  this  book,  has  'quoted  freely  from  many  prominent 
works  and  leading  writers  of  various  denominations.*  A  partial  examina- 
tion of  the  book  impresses  us  favorably." 

Golden  Censer:  "The  author  makes  an  earnest  plea  for  systematic  and 
liberal  contributions  to  the  support  of  religious  work.  His  own  experience 
has  assured  him  that  not  only  spiritual  blessing,  but  temporal  prosperity 
will  be  the  reward  of  those  who  honor  the  Lord  with  their  substance  accord- 
ing to  the  Bible  standard." 

The  Pentecostal  Herald:  "There  has  been  a  lamentable  lack  of  light 
and  teaching  among  Christians  on  the  management  of  finances,  which  this 
book  will  fill.  It  is  the  most  thorough  and  sensible,  and  at  the  same  time 
scriptural  treatise  on  this  important  subject  that  it  has  ever  been  our 
privilege  to  cxr.mine." 

The  Christian  World:  "The  author  is  well  qualified  for  expressing  hLs 
opinicn,  ac  he  has  for  twenty  years  made  this  subject  a  study.  He  shows 
from  history  how  closely  God  is  connected  with  temporal  prosperity,  and 
gives  couvincin-T  evidence  that  God  does  bless  the  righteous  in  his  day." 

Heralf.  of  Truth:  "A  new  book,  full  of  facts,  instruction  and  advice, 
supporter  by  evidences  of  God's  dealings  with  His  people  at  all  times.  Ex- 
trem  ly  fascinating  reading,  sound,  logical  and  Instructive." 

Thr  Christian  Harvester:  'A  needful  and  a  precious  subject;  a  well- 
handled  subject;  a  kindly  Illuminator  of  conscience  and  consecration;  a 
book  to  read,  and  to  lend." 

Way  oi  Faith:  'We  rejoice  in  the  publication  of  this  book,  and  beUere 
that  it  will  aid  many  iu  a  correct  settlement  of  the  privilege  and  datj  oC 
liberal  glylng." 


DYING  TESTIMONIES 

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SAVED  AND  UNSAVED. 


A  harvest  for  agents  in  selling  this  heart- thrilling 
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Answers  to  Prayer,  which  has  had  a  sale  of  OVER  A 
QUARTER  MILLION  in  four  years.  This  book  will 
have  a  larger  sale.  It  contains  the  most  wonderful 
death-bed  experiences  of  the  saved  and  unsaved  that 
can  be  found.  No  religious  boolt  will  sell  faster 
or  do  more  good. 

Rev.  E.  Davles,  author  of  The  Contrast  Between  Infidelity  and  Christianitu 
and  other  works:  *"Fhe  Christian  world  is  greatly  indebted  to  Rev.  S.  B. 
Shaw  for  writing  and  publishing  that  most  excellent  book.  Dying  Testi- 
HOMIES  OP  Saved  ahd  Unsaved.  It  is  the  most  complete  work  of  this  sort 
that  I  know  of,  and  is  of  infinite  value  as  a  warning  to  the  wicked  and  as 
an  elixir  of  life  to  the  saints.  Ministers  and  Christian  workers  should  have 
It  on  their  tables  for  constant  reference.  A  million  copies  of  it  would  be  a 
benediction  to  this  generation.  Many  who  think  God  is  all  mercy  will  find 
that  God  Is  infinitely  and  inexorably  just  by  reading  this  book.  Hell  and 
heaven  begin  here,  and  this  book  is  a  constant  testimony  to  one  and  all. 
Get  the  book  and  circulate  it  far  and  wide.   It  is  a  feast  to  the  soul. 

The  Free  Baptist:  **A  compilation  of  several  hundred  authentic  ac- 
counts of  the  death-bed  utterances  of  saints  and  sinners.  On  the  one  hand 
it  is  full  of  comfort  and  assurance  to  the  righteous,  and  on  the  other  of 
foreboding  to  the  wicked.  As  people  approach  the  confines  of  this  life  and 
the  end  of  their  probation,  they  place  a  truer  valuation  on  the  comparative 
worth  of  things  temporal  and  eternal.  They  often  have  a  foretaste  of 
future  blessedness  or  pain.  To  the  frivolous  this  book  will  be  sobering,  to 
the  sinful  convicting  and  to  the  saint  assuring." 

The  experiences  are  indescribable.    It  is  hard  to 
picture  the  awful  contrast  between  the  last  words  and 
actions  of  dying  saints  and  sinners  as  given  in  this 
book.    We  think  it  the  most  complete  work  ever  pub- 
lished on  this  subject.   Everybody  will  read  it. 
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TOUCHING  Incidents 

AND 

REMARKABLE  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYER. 

Some  books  are  for  preachers,  some  for  merchants, 
some  for  tradesmen.  Some  are  for  temperance  people, 
some  are  for  Christians  and  some  are  for  the  unsaved. 
Of  those  that  are  for  Christians,  some  are  for  one  de- 
nomination and  some  for  another,  but 

Tizis  Book:  is  for  You! 

and  a  religious  book  at  that. 

Words  cannot  tell  the  good  that  is  being  done  by 
the  circulation  of  these  books.  Even  the  unconverted 
eagerly  read  them  through  from  beginning  to  end.  To 
this  end  we  have  many  testimonies.  These  books  will 
bring  sunshine  and  blessing  into  every  home  they  enter. 
Very  few  can  read  them  without  weeping. 

During  the  four  years  these  books  have  been  circu- 
lated over 

A  Quarter ^  Million 

have  been  sold  or  given  away. 

Paper  Binding,  price  35  cents. 
Cloth  Binding,  price  $1.00. 

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board  covers,  35  cents;  cloth,  60  cents. 


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of  half-tones  of  60  of  the  leaders  of  the  Modern  Holiness 
Movement,  20x24  inches,  on  heavy  half-tone  paper,  which 
should  be  rapidly  placed  upon  the  walls  of  thousands  of 
homes  of  holiness  people. 

Christian  people  should  honor,  and  in  every  possi- 
ble way,  teach  their  children  to  honor,  those  whom  God 
honors  •  The  pictures  upon  our  walls  and  the  books 
upon  our  tables  and  in  our  homes  should  tell  for  God . 
The  world  will  honor  its  own .  Let  the  children  of 
light  be  as  wise  in  their  generation  as  the  children  of 
darkness . 


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279  Madison  St.,  Chicago,  III. 


FOE  GOOD  iOLIlSS  SCHOOLS 


Are  you  lookins:  for  a  gfood  school  to  send  yotir 
children  where  they  will  be  under  good  Chris- 
influence  ?  If  so^  we  would  like  to  recommend 
the  four  following:  schools  named  below : 


6REENVILLE  COUEfiE,  •"»*JS, 
Texas  Boliness  University. 
TAYLOR  UNIVERSITY, «™ 
ASBURY  COLlEeE,''"^';'?^, 


The  majority  of  the  unconverted  students  that  at- 
tend these  schools  are  converted  before  they  leave.  We 
have  a  son  in  each  of  the  first  three  named  and  know 
them  to  be  first  class  schools.  Write  for  catalogues 
and  pray  for  the  prosperity  of  each  school  • 

There  are  a  number  of  Holiness  Schools  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  country,  but  none  that  are  any  better 
than  the  four  we  mention . 


